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2 claims from 2 papers
Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications
A New Structurally Dissolvable Self-Reproducing Loop Evolving in a Simple Cellular Automata Space
Sayama · Artificial Life · 1999
The paper builds 'evoloop', a self-reproducing loop in a simple cellular automaton, and reports that its population evolves without any built-in evolutionary mechanism, driven by interactions between loops.
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- Supported · 71%In the 'evoloop' cellular automaton, self-reproducing loops varied by interacting, and smaller, faster-reproducing loops spread until the smallest dominated.“The experiment with evoloop met with the intriguing result that, though no mechanism was explicitly provided to promote evolution, the loops varied through direct interaction of their phenotypes, smaller individuals were naturally selected thanks to their quicker self-reproductive ability, and the…”
Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications
Conway's Game of Life is Omniperiodic
Brown, Cheng, Jacobi et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023
The paper reports oscillators with the last two missing periods, 19 and 41, in Conway's Game of Life, and gives a history of the long search for oscillators of every period.
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- Supported · 71%Oscillators with periods 19 and 41 have been found in Conway's Game of Life, the last two missing, so Life has oscillators of every period.“The search has finally ended, with the discovery of oscillators having the final two periods, 19 and 41, proving that Life is omniperiodic.”
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