From Newton to Cellular Automata
Popular Physics
2009-12-11 v1 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
Computational Physics
Abstract
I outline a possible logical path from the formulation of physics of classical mechanics to "abstract" systems like cellular automata. The goal of this article is that of illustrating why physicists often study extremely simplified models, instead of just numerically integrating the fundamental equations of physics. This exposition is obviously only partial and based on my expertise and my interests.
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@article{arxiv.0912.2056,
title = {From Newton to Cellular Automata},
author = {Franco Bagnoli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2056},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
A similar version of this text appeared under the title "Interaction Based Computing in Physics" in the "Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science", Springer, New York 2009 p. 4902