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Cellular automata

Find out how a square grid and some simple rules can generate complex patterns and life-like behaviour.

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Maths in a minute: Cellular automata

Mindless games can produce surprising results.

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Spotting lizards

Are pretty lizard patterns the result of a living cellular automaton?

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Spontaneous spirals

Simple mathematical rules can make for some interesting psychedelic science.

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Matrix: Simulating the world Part II: cellular automata
Lewis Dartnell turns the universe into a matrix to model traffic, forest fires and sprawling cities.
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Games, Life and the Game of Life
When we finally meet the Martians, John Conway believes they are going to want to talk mathematics. He talks to Plus about his Life game, artificial life and what we will have in common with extraterrestrials.
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