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Cellular Automata Rule 30
What is 'Rule 30'? Rule 30 is a particularly special automation because it demonstrates complexity arising from simple rules, chaos and randomness, and is computationally irreducible (i.e. the fast...
\$\begingroup\$ Rule 30 is a particularly special automation because it demonstrates complexity arising from simple rules, chaos and randomness, and is computationally irreducible (i.e. the fastest way to find out what any cell or line will look like after many generations is simply to run the automaton). Today my all-time favorite science discovery is 40 yrs old! of "R30" on a 9 pm flight to London ... which is when I finally realized (2 yrs after first generating it) what a big deal rule 30 is...
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