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A266842
Decimal representation of the n-th iteration of the "Rule 69" elementary cellular automaton starting with a single ON (black) cell.
3
1, 2, 20, 43, 336, 687, 5440, 10943, 87296, 174847, 1397760, 2796543, 22368256, 44740607, 357908480, 715833343, 5726601216, 11453267967, 91625881600, 183252025343, 1466015154176, 2932031356927, 23456246661120, 46912497516543, 375299963355136, 750599943487487
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Jan 05 2016 and Apr 18 2019: (Start)
a(n) = 21*a(n-2)-84*a(n-4)+64*a(n-6) for n>5.
G.f.: (1+2*x-x^2+x^3-48*x^5) / ((1-x)*(1+x)*(1-2*x)*(1+2*x)*(1-4*x)*(1+4*x)).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
rule=69; rows=20; ca=CellularAutomaton[rule, {{1}, 0}, rows-1, {All, All}]; (* Start with single black cell *) catri=Table[Take[ca[[k]], {rows-k+1, rows+k-1}], {k, 1, rows}]; (* Truncated list of each row *) Table[FromDigits[catri[[k]], 2], {k, 1, rows}] (* Decimal Representation of Rows *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A357485 A194999 A280436 * A254542 A202602 A097652
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert Price, Jan 04 2016
STATUS
approved