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*[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_r.htm#replicator Replicator] at the Life Lexicon. | |||
[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_r.htm#replicator Replicator] at the Life Lexicon. | |||
Revision as of 02:26, 15 April 2009
A replicator is any pattern that produces copies of itself.
Replicators occur naturally in some cellular automata. The best-known example is the replicator in HighLife (23/36). In the Replicator rule (1357/1357), every pattern is a replicator.
There exists a replicator in any cellular automaton with a universal constructor. Therefore Life, which has a universal constructor, has replicators. No concrete examples are known, however. A similar situation occurs for the rule 235/36.
External Links
- Replicator at the Life Lexicon.