Cellular Automata

[Metakirby9000]

the pattern looks alot like the sierpinski tringle

[GUIHTD]

The Triforce is everywhere!

[AirForceGirl05]

Sweet.

[jackasson1]

actually i just wrote a script that makes these same patterns from a randomly generate base code but mine operates from the top down. it basically says that if a space is alone it dies(goes white) and spreads, if a space has a buddy then it lives and spreads, if a space is crowded then it dies. another rule is that after a space dies it's space must be dead for the next generation meaning that spreading is nullified by a dying space.

[jarblewarble]

DWARF FORTRESS MAP!

[Zander101084]

prime numbers?

[therealb3yond]

yay space invaders !

[taostoner1]

im assuming this is a turroidal grid?

[paindoll]

This is pure awesomeness

[jarblewarble]

@t2048 This reminds me of the map generator for the game Dwarf Fortress. Perhaps it could be incorporated into a similar game.

[daranbaba]

can anybody help me please. Does CA use for solving diff. equ. like Laplace or Maxwell Equ? ? for instance can we simulate electromagnetic wave propagation with CA ?

[jag9998]

:,) *sob*

[jarblewarble]

@jag9998 Yes, cellular automata are fascinating. For people who like this sort of thing, I recommend the game Minecraft. ;)

[jag9998]

@jarblewarble I've played, currently own, wish I had time for...

[jarblewarble]

@jag9998 I think there is a lot of potential for cellular automata like this in game design.

[jarblewarble]

This CA reminds me of the Minecraft terrain generator.

[jarblewarble]

I love the mountainous jungle-like texture that this CA produces.

[firenut5]

i just jizzed in my pants cause of this

[LeBelgeElectrod]

XOR

[isalpha]

can someone explain please, can we simulate wave propagation, heat transfer, laminar fluid flow etc. with cellular automata ?

[dibbuck]

the surse of the finite - eternal repetition

[roaringrockets]

Insufferably dull.

[bob1787]

don't worry, theres a 1000+ page book all about it

[googiek]

how many states does this cellular automaton have?

[bildramer]

2. Off and On. Search Wikipedia or WolframAlpha or just the Internet about "von Neumann Cellular Automata". It's actually 1-d, but in the video the second dimension is time.

[Questtechie]

this is like conway's life, but with modified rules, there are some great conway's life apps that can run wolfram algorithms too, and if you know how the notation works, you can play with your own rules.

[XHXDX]

Is this showing how nature forms mountains?

[l0w3rc4s3]

That is exactly what it is showing. good thinking. *thumbs up*

[sixguns]

what the fuck are you all talking about, im obviously missing something here

[ehsanul]

This is deterministic right. So I just wonder why it doesn't at some point fall into some sort of recursive loop, sustaining a particular pattern? I ask this because of how self-organizing principles apparently make this sort of thing happen. For example, there was a (simulated) experiment where a system of 100 light bulbs had rules for each light bulb as to what to do based on neighboring light bulbs, and this system would end up in a loop after just sever iterations. :S

[googiek]

well, in a closed area where the leftmost dot (or cell) is "connected" to the rightmost dot, there is a finite number of possible configurations, meaning that a repeat is inevitable.

However, if there is an infinite area, the configurations do not need to repeat, they can expand forever. The area of the cellular automaton that we are looking at will not repeat forever because it will be affected by the cells around it.

[googiek]

if the area of the cellular automaton is infinite, it will not necessarily repeat. However, a finite area has the limit of x^n configurations, where x is the number of possible states of each cell (or dot), and n is the number of cells in the area.

For example, a two-state cellular automaton with an area of 10 cells has 2^10=1024 configuration.

[nojameson]

Looks pretty boring to me, you've almost got Sierpiński triangle emerging out of the mess but it's all screwed up. Check out 'Conway's Life' - it's far more impressive.

[inthefade]

that triangle fractal pattern happens on the shells of some crustaceans!

[xXKariBananaXx]

It reminds me of Super Mario World graphics.

[sidiqmk]

this is number 30 right?

[linuxpenguin73]

what are the rules for each cell?

[t2048]

I wish I remembered =)

[jbz3]

@t2048 looks like rule 30

[kotchomet]

this is a case study in geeky awesomeness.

[MathDemos]

some of the regions look like other more primitve automaton

[Muvlonion]

lol looks like wolfram's automaton

[randomviewer896]

cool

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