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Circular Motion of Strings in Cellular Automata, and Other Surprises

arXiv:1206.2060

Abstract

A two-state, three-dimensional, deterministic, reversible cellular automaton is shown to be capable of approximately circular orbits, wavelike undulations, and particle-like configurations that decay in accordance with a half-life law.

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