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Status: Supported ×Keyword: symmetry breaking ×Clear all

2 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications

   Revisiting the Edge of Chaos: Evolving Cellular Automata to Perform Computations

   Mitchell, Hraber and Crutchfield · arXiv (Cornell University) · 1993

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   1. Supported · 71%“Our experiment produced very different results, and we suggest that the interpretation of the original results is not correct.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Effective Auxiliary Variables via Structured Reencoding

   Andrew, Harrison and H. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

   The paper determines the packing chromatic number of the infinite square grid using a new propositional encoding and symmetry-breaking method, backed by a proof of unsatisfiability.

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   1. Supported · 71%The packing chromatic number of the infinite square grid, an open question since 2002, is stated to be 15.“Despite a sequence of incremental work, determining the packing chromatic number of the infinite square grid has remained an open problem since its introduction in 2002. We culminate the search by proving this number to be 15.”