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Console panel evolution

The consequences of evolution can be viewed in the console panel; the option g causes the second generation to appear in the small panel. It is small just because the console panel is not assumed to be cyclic, and so one cannot know the descendants of the edge cells. The table mogrul defines the evolution, but there are no further side effects such as occur in the CAM , there being no additional planes.

The contents of the small panel can be returned to the large panel by the option G (which is not a repeating g), for yet another generation of evolution. The option h combines g and G, repeating indefinitely when H is used. The process makes the most sense when the pattern in the panel is isolated from its surroundings, or a still life is under investigation, or some similar circumstance.



Harold V. McIntosh
E-mail:mcintosh@servidor.unam.mx