Cellular automata
by Andrew Ilachinski · first published 2001
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My favorite one is, by far, "Cellular Automata: A Discrete Universe" by Andrew Ilachinski (2001). It goes deep into the juicy details and has only a limited amount of hand waving. You can probably find it in the local math/physics department library,…
on “Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata” ↗I suggest The Computational Beauty Of Nature by Gary William Flake, and then Cellular Automata by Andrew Ilachinski.
on “A Game of Life on Penrose Tilings” ↗Andrew Ilachinski's book, "Cellular Automata: A Discrete Universe" is phenomenol and broad and covers a lot. Highly recommended if you are into CA.
on “Conway’s Game of Life: Mathematics and Construction” ↗I would recommend reading Andrew Ilachinski's, "Cellular Automata, A Discrete Universe" as mentioned in my original submission post above: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/4702#t... It's an amazing book even if it is a couple of decades old now.…
on “3D Cellular Automata and GOL in the J programming language” ↗…worked my way through Oscar Toledo's book, "Programming Boot Sector Games". I used to program in 6502 machine language and assembler. If you like Life, you should check out Andrew Ilachinski's book, "Cellular Automata: A Discrete Universe".
on “Show HN: Conway's Game of Life in boot sector” ↗…circle-walking they carry out with the hexagaonal shape being an emergent property. The hexagonal shape also happens to be one of the 'Close Packing' methods, HCP, or Hexagonal Close Packing. I am re-reading Cellular Automata: A Discrete Universe by Andrew Ilachinski published in 2001. I am on the chapter about possibly defining a new physics, "Information Physics", section 12.4 to be exact. Paraphrasing a bit, the term 'primordial…
on “A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) [pdf]” ↗Re-reading parts of Andrew Ilachinski's, 'Cellular Automata: A Discrete Universe' and Wolfram's 'A New Kind of Science', and this classification intrigued me. I was looking for more than the statement on the classes of rules, and I didn't find the formal explanation.…
on “Why Oatmeal Is Cheap: Kolmogorov Complexity and Procedural Generation[pdf]” ↗