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Latest revision as of 00:21, 28 June 2025
Conway's Life (usually referred to simply as Life) is a cellular automaton which uses a 2-dimensional array, variously describable as a video game, or the focus of a field of mathematical research.
Further reading
- William Poundstone, The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge, William Morrow, New York. 1985 - interesting book which uses Life as the starting point for a meditation about the way that simple laws can produce complex behavior
External links
- ConwayLife.com - "A community for Conway's Game of Life and related cellular automata"
- Conway's Game of Life - good overview
- Charles Corderman’s computer - note on early work on Life performed on CASINO
