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Periods in time

The constraint of a fixed spatial periodicity on a cellular automaton produces an assortment of time periods, into one of which the evolution must eventually fall. The converse problem would be to select a time interval, with the intention of enumerating the lengths of all the possible rings whose evolution would regenerate after the given delay.





Harold V. McIntosh
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