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Yeah, it’s not explained very well. If you click the “Cellular automata” link [1], that paper explains it in more detail. A cell’s next state is determined by i
by tedmw 2y ago
Yeah, it’s not explained very well. If you click the “Cellular automata” link [1], that paper explains it in more detail. A cell’s next state is determined by its color and its neighbors’ colors.
For example, the top left corner of the key shows that if a cell is blue and its neighbors are blue, it will remain blue. The one to the right shows that if a cell is blue and has a blue cell on the left and a red cell on the right, it will switch to white.
[1] https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/p24--how-do-simple-programs-behave/ https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/p24--how-do-simple-progra...
- andoando 2y agoAh ok, thanks. It was confusing me saying "it starts with a single cell". Really it starts with the whole line of white cells with the red cell in the middle, and the rules are applied to every continuous 3 cells at each iteration.