The Stains Cellular Automaton
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The Stains cellular automata (rule 260320) has the rare property that for almost all initial conditions it will grow irregularly, then stop. A variety of initial conditions with interesting behavior are shown here.
Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011