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=== Cosmological decay === Conway's '''cosmological theorem''' asserts that every sequence eventually splits ("decays") into a sequence of "atomic elements", which are finite subsequences that never again interact with their neighbors. There are 92 elements containing the digits 1, 2, and 3 only, which John Conway named after the 92 naturally-occurring [[chemical element]]s up to [[uranium]], calling the sequence '''audioactive'''. There are also two "[[transuranic]]" elements (Np and Pu) for each digit other than 1, 2, and 3.<ref name="Martin2006" /><ref>Ekhad, Shalosh B.; Zeilberger, Doron: [https://www.ams.org/journals/era/1997-03-11/S1079-6762-97-00026-7/home.html "Proof of Conway's lost cosmological theorem"], ''Electronic Research Announcements of the American Mathematical Society'', August 21, 1997, vol. 5, pp. 78β82. Retrieved July 4, 2011.</ref> Below is a table of all such elements: {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="5" |All "atomic elements" (Where E<sub>k</sub> is included within the derivate of E<sub>k+1</sub> except Np and Pu)<ref name="Conway-original-article" /> |- !Atomic number (n) !Element name (E<sub>k</sub>) !Sequence !Decays into<ref name="Martin2006" /> !Abundance |- |1 |H |22 |H |91790.383216 |- |2 |He |13112221133211322112211213322112 |Hf.Pa.H.Ca.Li |3237.2968588 |- |3 |Li |312211322212221121123222112 |He |4220.0665982 |- |4 |Be |111312211312113221133211322112211213322112 |Ge.Ca.Li |2263.8860325 |- |5 |B |1321132122211322212221121123222112 |Be |2951.1503716 |- |6 |C |3113112211322112211213322112 |B |3847.0525419 |- |7 |N |111312212221121123222112 |C |5014.9302464 |- |8 |O |132112211213322112 |N |6537.3490750 |- |9 |F |31121123222112 |O |8521.9396539 |- |10 |Ne |111213322112 |F |11109.006696 |- |11 |Na |123222112 |Ne |14481.448773 |- |12 |Mg |3113322112 |Pm.Na |18850.441228 |- |13 |Al |1113222112 |Mg |24573.006696 |- |14 |Si |1322112 |Al |32032.812960 |- |15 |P |311311222112 |Ho.Si |14895.886658 |- |16 |S |1113122112 |P |19417.939250 |- |17 |Cl |132112 |S |25312.784218 |- |18 |Ar |3112 |Cl |32997.170122 |- |19 |K |1112 |Ar |43014.360913 |- |20 |Ca |12 |K |56072.543129 |- |21 |Sc |3113112221133112 |Ho.Pa.H.Ca.Co |9302.0974443 |- |22 |Ti |11131221131112 |Sc |12126.002783 |- |23 |V |13211312 |Ti |15807.181592 |- |24 |Cr |31132 |V |20605.882611 |- |25 |Mn |111311222112 |Cr.Si |26861.360180 |- |26 |Fe |13122112 |Mn |35015.858546 |- |27 |Co |32112 |Fe |45645.877256 |- |28 |Ni |11133112 |Zn.Co |13871.123200 |- |29 |Cu |131112 |Ni |18082.082203 |- |30 |Zn |312 |Cu |23571.391336 |- |31 |Ga |13221133122211332 |Eu.Ca.Ac.H.Ca.Zn |1447.8905642 |- |32 |Ge |31131122211311122113222 |Ho.Ga |1887.4372276 |- |33 |As |11131221131211322113322112 |Ge.Na |27.246216076 |- |34 |Se |13211321222113222112 |As |35.517547944 |- |35 |Br |3113112211322112 |Se |46.299868152 |- |36 |Kr |11131221222112 |Br |60.355455682 |- |37 |Rb |1321122112 |Kr |78.678000089 |- |38 |Sr |3112112 |Rb |102.56285249 |- |39 |Y |1112133 |Sr.U |133.69860315 |- |40 |Zr |12322211331222113112211 |Y.H.Ca.Tc |174.28645997 |- |41 |Nb |1113122113322113111221131221 |Er.Zr |227.19586752 |- |42 |Mo |13211322211312113211 |Nb |296.16736852 |- |43 |Tc |311322113212221 |Mo |386.07704943 |- |44 |Ru |132211331222113112211 |Eu.Ca.Tc |328.99480576 |- |45 |Rh |311311222113111221131221 |Ho.Ru |428.87015041 |- |46 |Pd |111312211312113211 |Rh |559.06537946 |- |47 |Ag |132113212221 |Pd |728.78492056 |- |48 |Cd |3113112211 |Ag |950.02745646 |- |49 |In |11131221 |Cd |1238.4341972 |- |50 |Sn |13211 |In |1614.3946687 |- |51 |Sb |3112221 |Pm.Sn |2104.4881933 |- |52 |Te |1322113312211 |Eu.Ca.Sb |2743.3629718 |- |53 |I |311311222113111221 |Ho.Te |3576.1856107 |- |54 |Xe |11131221131211 |I |4661.8342720 |- |55 |Cs |13211321 |Xe |6077.0611889 |- |56 |Ba |311311 |Cs |7921.9188284 |- |57 |La |11131 |Ba |10326.833312 |- |58 |Ce |1321133112 |La.H.Ca.Co |13461.825166 |- |59 |Pr |31131112 |Ce |17548.529287 |- |60 |Nd |111312 |Pr |22875.863883 |- |61 |Pm |132 |Nd |29820.456167 |- |62 |Sm |311332 |Pm.Ca.Zn |15408.115182 |- |63 |Eu |1113222 |Sm |20085.668709 |- |64 |Gd |13221133112 |Eu.Ca.Co |21662.972821 |- |65 |Tb |3113112221131112 |Ho.Gd |28239.358949 |- |66 |Dy |111312211312 |Tb |36812.186418 |- |67 |Ho |1321132 |Dy |47987.529438 |- |68 |Er |311311222 |Ho.Pm |1098.5955997 |- |69 |Tm |11131221133112 |Er.Ca.Co |1204.9083841 |- |70 |Yb |1321131112 |Tm |1570.6911808 |- |71 |Lu |311312 |Yb |2047.5173200 |- |72 |Hf |11132 |Lu |2669.0970363 |- |73 |Ta |13112221133211322112211213322113 |Hf.Pa.H.Ca.W |242.07736666 |- |74 |W |312211322212221121123222113 |Ta |315.56655252 |- |75 |Re |111312211312113221133211322112211213322113 |Ge.Ca.W |169.28801808 |- |76 |Os |1321132122211322212221121123222113 |Re |220.68001229 |- |77 |Ir |3113112211322112211213322113 |Os |287.67344775 |- |78 |Pt |111312212221121123222113 |Ir |375.00456738 |- |79 |Au |132112211213322113 |Pt |488.84742982 |- |80 |Hg |31121123222113 |Au |637.25039755 |- |81 |Tl |111213322113 |Hg |830.70513293 |- |82 |Pb |123222113 |Tl |1082.8883285 |- |83 |Bi |3113322113 |Pm.Pb |1411.6286100 |- |84 |Po |1113222113 |Bi |1840.1669683 |- |85 |At |1322113 |Po |2398.7998311 |- |86 |Rn |311311222113 |Ho.At |3127.0209328 |- |87 |Fr |1113122113 |Rn |4076.3134078 |- |88 |Ra |132113 |Fr |5313.7894999 |- |89 |Ac |3113 |Ra |6926.9352045 |- |90 |Th |1113 |Ac |7581.9047125 |- |91 |Pa |13 |Th |9883.5986392 |- |92 |U |3 |Pa |102.56285249 |- ! colspan="5" |Transuranic elements |- |93 |Np |1311222113321132211221121332211n{{refn|group=note|name=first|n can be any digit 4 or above.}} |Hf.Pa.H.Ca.Pu |0 |- |94 |Pu |31221132221222112112322211n{{refn|group=note|name=first}} |Np |0 |}
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