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A271003
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First differences of number of active (ON, black) cells in n-th stage of growth of two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 243", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood.
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4, 4, 32, -20, 80, -52, 136, -124, 248, -212, 352, -324, 508, -432, 628, -652, 940, -912, 1240, -1264, 1500, -1296, 1540, -1488, 1900, -1872, 2252, -2196, 2620, -2376, 2700, -2736, 3388, -3444, 4024, -3936, 4356, -4104, 4600, -4680, 5404, -5204, 5664, -5452
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OFFSET
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0,1
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COMMENTS
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Initialized with a single black (ON) cell at stage zero.
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REFERENCES
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S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.
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MATHEMATICA
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CAStep[rule_, a_]:=Map[rule[[10-#]]&, ListConvolve[{{0, 2, 0}, {2, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 0}}, a, 2], {2}];
code=243; stages=128;
rule=IntegerDigits[code, 2, 10];
g=2*stages+1; (* Maximum size of grid *)
a=PadLeft[{{1}}, {g, g}, 0, Floor[{g, g}/2]]; (* Initial ON cell on grid *)
ca=a;
ca=Table[ca=CAStep[rule, ca], {n, 1, stages+1}];
PrependTo[ca, a];
(* Trim full grid to reflect growth by one cell at each stage *)
k=(Length[ca[[1]]]+1)/2;
ca=Table[Table[Part[ca[[n]][[j]], Range[k+1-n, k-1+n]], {j, k+1-n, k-1+n}], {n, 1, k}];
on=Map[Function[Apply[Plus, Flatten[#1]]], ca] (* Count ON cells at each stage *)
Table[on[[i+1]]-on[[i]], {i, 1, Length[on]-1}] (* Difference at each stage *)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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sign,easy
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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