Irrational life
Geller, William ; Misiurewicz, Michał
Experiment. Math., Tome 14 (2005) no. 1, p. 271-275 / Harvested from Project Euclid
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We prove that in Conway's Game of Life cellular automaton with initial configuration irrat2, the linear growth rate of the number of live cells is irrational, as conjectured in 1991 by Dean Hickerson. Our proof uses intertwined substitution sequences.
Publié le : 2005-05-14
Classification:  Game of Life,  substitutions,  37B15,  37B10 
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Geller, William; Misiurewicz, Michał. Irrational life. Experiment. Math., Tome 14 (2005) no. 1, pp.  271-275. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1128371752/