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In the Exactly 1 cellular automaton (also known as Rule 22), every site of the one-dimensional lattice is either in state 0 or in state 1, and a synchronous update rule dictates that a site is in state 1 next time if and only if it sees a single 1 in its three-site neighborhood at the current time. We analyze this rule started from finite seeds, i.e., those initial configurations that have only finitely many 1’s. Three qualitatively different types of evolution are observed: replication, periodicity, and chaos. We focus on rigorous results, assisted by algorithmic searches, for the first two behaviors. In particular, we explain why replication is observed so frequently and present a method for collecting the smallest periodic seeds. Some empirical observations about chaotic seeds are also presented.
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Support. JG was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0204376 and the Republic of Slovenia’s Ministry of Science program P1-285.
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Gravner, J., Griffeath, D. The One-Dimensional Exactly 1 Cellular Automaton: Replication, Periodicity, and Chaos from Finite Seeds. J Stat Phys 142, 168–200 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-010-0103-9
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