11 Apr
2007
11 Apr
'07
10:39 a.m.
Is there a 2d cellular automaton that (a la Conway's Game of Life) that - Does not oscillate when run on an infinite random pattern. - Tends to preserve the apparent randomness of an infinite random pattern over many generations, except... - Certain large patterns tend to introduce structure, if only temporarily, in succeeding generations. In other words, can we describe a CA that occasionally produces "universes" out of random "quantum noise"?