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A family of sand automata

Dynamical Systems 2012-05-18 v1

Abstract

We study some dynamical properties of a family of two-dimensional cellular automata: those that arise from an underlying one dimensional sand automaton whose local rule is obtained using a latin square. We identify a simple sand automaton G whose local rule is algebraic, and classify this automaton as having equicontinuity points, but not being equicontinuous. We also show it is not surjective. We generalise some of these results to a wider class of sand automata.

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@article{arxiv.1205.3960,
  title  = {A family of sand automata},
  author = {Nicholas Faulkner and Reem Yassawi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3960},
  year   = {2012}
}

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20 pages, 4 figures