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Number conserving cellular automata: form decidability to dynamics

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We compare several definitions for number-conserving cellular automata that we prove to be equivalent. A necessary and sufficient condition for \cas to be number-conserving is proved. Using this condition, we give a linear-time algorithm to decide number-conservation. The dynamical behavior of number-conserving \cas is studied and a classification that focuses on chaoticity is given.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0102035,
  title  = {Number conserving cellular automata: form decidability to dynamics},
  author = {B. Durand and E. Formenti and Z. Roka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0102035},
  year   = {2007}
}

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24 pages, 2 figures