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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Contributed by: Daniel de Souza Carvalho (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011