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1. Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications

   Two-state, r = 1 Cellular Automaton that Classifies Density

   Capcarrère, Sipper and Tomassini · Physical Review Letters · 1996

   Earlier work showed no one-dimensional two-state cellular automaton can classify binary strings by density of 1s under the usual output rule; the authors show a different output specification allows it.

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   1. Supported · 71%Changing what final pattern counts as the answer lets a simple two-state, radius-1 cellular automaton solve the density problem perfectly.“We show that by changing the output specification, namely, the final pattern toward which the system should converge, without increasing its computational complexity, a two-state, $r\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}1$ cellular automaton exists that can perfectly solve the density…”