Dynamics of Langton's ant allowed to periodically go straight
Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
2018-07-25 v1
Abstract
A modified version of Langton's ant is considered. The modified automaton is allowed to go straight -th step instead of turning. The cell state, however, is changed as usually. Depending on the value of the automaton exhibits different behaviors. Since the Cohen-Kung theorem is not applicable to this modified rule set, in most cases oscillating patterns are observed. For several values of the automaton leads to a creation of a highway. More interestingly, a few of the automata were found to exhibit a long-term chaotic behavior, exceeding even steps. The analysis of the dynamics of the system and emergent patterns is provided.
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@article{arxiv.1807.08789,
title = {Dynamics of Langton's ant allowed to periodically go straight},
author = {Paweł Tokarz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.08789},
year = {2018}
}