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<p>Another rule sharing Rule:Worm-shared</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>@RULE Worm-complement<br /> <br /> Paterson&#039;s worms - Erase solid regions, leaving only points with at least<br /> one uneaten edge, and the single point or line with an arrow. Use this<br /> with rules like 1252121 and 1525115, which fill regions with density<br /> near 100%, to see the uneaten paths within the regions: After running<br /> such a rule for a while, switch to this rule and run for 1 generation.<br /> (by Dean Hickerson, 11/20/2008)<br /> <br /> States:<br /> 0 empty (unvisited point or line)<br /> 1-6 &#039;point with arrow&#039;, showing direction of next movement<br /> (1=E; 2=SE; 3=SW; 4=W; 5=NW; 6=NE)<br /> 7 point that&#039;s been visited<br /> 8,9,10 edge - (8=line; 9=E arrow; 10=W arrow)<br /> 11,12,13 edge / (11=line; 12=NE arrow; 13=SW arrow)<br /> 14,15,16 edge \ (14=line; 15=SE arrow; 16=NW arrow)<br /> <br /> @TABLE<br /> <br /> n_states:17<br /> neighborhood:Moore<br /> symmetries:none<br /> <br /> var a0={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a1={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a2={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a3={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a4={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a5={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a6={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var a7={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}<br /> var line={8,11,14}<br /> <br /> # visited point dies if it has 6 lines out from it<br /> 7,11,a0,8,a1,14,11,8,14,0<br /> <br /> # undirected lines die<br /> line,a0,a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,0</div>

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