Life in one dimension: statistics and self-organized criticality
- 21 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 26 (22) , 6187-6193
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/26/22/019
Abstract
The controversy regarding the occurrence of self-organized criticality in the cellular automaton Game of Life has not yet been resolved, mainly due to its massive computational requirements. We consider a one-dimensional version of Life which shows essentially the same local complexity as its two-dimensional counterpart but allows a more extensive computational implementation. General cluster statistics, geometrical properties and self-organized criticality are investigated. Implications concerning higher-dimensional Life are discussed.Keywords
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