Two-Dimensional Recursive Subdivision of the Evolution of a Cellular Automaton
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In this Demonstration we compress elementary cellular automata by using an encoding that generalizes a two-dimensional substitution system. At each step a square either remains the same or is subdivided into four small squares. From A New Kind of Science, page 568 (NKS|Online): "The method is analogous to the quadtree representation sometimes used in computer graphics."
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Contributed by: Abigail Nussey (March 2011)
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