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Universality in cellular automata theory is a central problem studied and developed from their origins by John von Neumann. In this paper, we present an algorithm where any Turing machine can be converted to one-dimensional cellular…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2019-07-10 Sergio J. Martinez , Ivan M. Mendoza , Genaro J. Martinez , Shigeru Ninagawa

We present a new cellular data processing scheme, a hybrid of existing cellular automata (CA) and gate array architectures, which is optimized for realization at the quantum scale. For conventional computing, the CA-like external clocking…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 S. C. Benjamin , N. F. Johnson

In recent years the modelling of traffic flow using methods from statistical physics, especially cellular automata models have allowed simulations of large traffic networks faster than real time. In this paper, we study a probabilistic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. Larraga , J. A. del Rio

The notions of universality and completeness are central in the theories of computation and computational complexity. However, proving lower bounds and necessary conditions remains hard in most of the cases. In this article, we introduce…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-09-17 Eric Goles Chacc , Pierre-Etienne Meunier , Ivan Rapaport , Guillaume Theyssier

Cellular automata can show well known features of quantum mechanics, such as a linear rule according to which they evolve and which resembles a discretized version of the Schroedinger equation. This includes corresponding conservation laws.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-25 Hans-Thomas Elze

In this paper we propose a rule-independent description of applications of cellular automata rules for one-dimensional additive cellular automata on cylinders of finite sizes. This description is shown to be a useful tool for for answering…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Valeriy K. Bulitko

The model of cellular automata is fascinating because very simple local rules can generate complex global behaviors. The relationship between local and global function is subject of many studies. We tackle this question by using results on…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-09-29 Christoph Durr , Ivan Rapaport , Guillaume Theyssier

A cellular automaton with $n$ states may be used for construction of reversible second-order cellular automaton with $n^2$ states. Reversible cellular automata with hidden parameters discussed in this paper are generalization of such…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2014-03-25 Alexander Yu. Vlasov

We propose a road-map to experimental implementation of cytoskeleton-based computing devices. An overall concept is described in the following. Collision-based cytoskeleton computers implement logical gates via interactions between…

We present a scheme to perform universal quantum computation using global addressing techniques as applied to a physical system of endohedrally doped fullerenes. The system consists of an ABAB linear array of Group V endohedrally doped…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Twamley

The cellular automata with local permutation invariance are considered. We show that in the two-state case the set of such automata coincides with the generalized Game of Life family. We count the number of equivalence classes of the rules…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir V. Kornyak

Using a group-theoretic approach, a method for determining the equivalence classes (also called orbits) of the set of rules of one-dimensional cellular automata induced by the symmetry operations of reflection and permutation and their…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2025-10-07 Martin Schaller , Karl Svozil

We present applications of a cellular automaton approach to pedestrian dynamics introduced in [1,2]. It is shown that the model is able to reproduce collective effects and self-organization phenomena encountered in pedestrian traffic, e.g.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carsten Burstedde , Ansgar Kirchner , Kai Klauck , Andreas Schadschneider , Johannes Zittartz

The asymptotic behavior of a cellular automaton iterated on a random configuration is well described by its limit probability measure(s). In this paper, we characterize measures and sets of measures that can be reached as limit points after…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-04-08 Benjamin Hellouin de Menibus , Mathieu Sablik

In this paper, we analyze the algebraic structure of some null boundary as well as some periodic boundary 2-D Cellular Automata (CA) rules by introducing a new matrix multiplication operation using only AND, OR instead of most commonly used…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2008-08-12 Sudhakar Sahoo , Sanjaya Sahoo , Birendra Kumar Nayak , Pabitra Pal Choudhury

Cellular Automata (CA) are commonly investigated as a particular type of dynamical systems, defined by shift-invariant local rules. In this paper, we consider instead CA as algebraic systems, focusing on the combinatorial designs induced by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Luca Manzoni , Luca Mariot , Giuliamaria Menara

Cellular automata provide models of parallel computation based on cells, whose connectivity is given by an action of a monoid on the cells. At each step in the computation, every cell is decorated with a state that evolves in discrete steps…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Henning Basold , Chase Ford , Lulof Pirée

This is a study of the one-dimensional elementary cellular automaton rule 54 in the new formalism of "flexible time". We derive algebraic expressions for groups of several cells and their evolution in time. With them we can describe the…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2010-07-20 Markus Redeker

We propose a characteristic representation ofone-dimensional and 2-state, 3-neighbor cellular automaton rules, which describes an effective form of each rule after many time steps. Simulated results of the representation show that complex…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-02-03 Y. Kayama , H. Anada , Y. Imamura , 9 pages

Periodicity and relaxation are investigated for the trajectories of the states in one-dimensional finite cellular automata with rule-90 and 150. The time evolutions are described with matrices. Eigenvalue analysis is applied to clarify the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Shin-ichi Tadaki