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A179410

The number of columns with alive cells in the n-th generation of cyclic sequence of patterns given in A179409, played in Conway's Game of Life on the 8x8 toroidal grid.

4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3

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OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

The mean value of terms in the whole period of 24 is 5.5

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..71.

A. Karttunen, J-program for computing the terms of this sequence

EXAMPLE

See illustrations in A179409. In the first four patterns there are alive cells in 4, 5, 3 and 3 columns, thus a(0)=4, a(1)=5, a(2)=3 and a(3)=3.

CROSSREFS

A179409 & A179411.