Cellular Automata without Redundant Information

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Keeping only the unique rows in a cellular automaton (CA) reduces redundant information. This works best for class 1 and 2 CAs, those that involve only one color and repetitive patterns, respectively. The CA classes 3 and 4 (those that behave randomly and with local random patterns, respectively) cannot be compressed in most cases.

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To find redundancy in CA patterns that evolve laterally or with inclination, it is useful to shift or transpose the data.

The process of compressing a CA is not reversible.

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Contributed by: Daniel de Souza Carvalho (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA


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