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'''Inflation''' is the process of replacing each cell in a pattern, live or dead, with a larger ''m''×''n'' rectangle of cells in the same state. | '''Inflation''' is the process of replacing each cell in a pattern, live or dead, with a larger ''m''×''n'' rectangle of cells in the same state. | ||
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| [[File:Inflation.png|frame|center|Inflation of a 4×4 [[soup]].]] | |||
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==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
[[apgsearch]] 4.x (apgluxe) supports inflation of [[soup]]s of arbitrary [[symmetry]] by a factor of 2<sup>''n''</sup>×2<sup>''n''</sup> by prefixing the <tt>i</tt> operator to the desired symmetry ''n'' times. | [[apgsearch]] 4.x (apgluxe) supports inflation of [[soup]]s of arbitrary [[symmetry]] by a factor of 2<sup>''n''</sup>×2<sup>''n''</sup> by prefixing the <tt>i</tt> operator to the desired symmetry ''n'' times. | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 3 September 2017
Inflation is the process of replacing each cell in a pattern, live or dead, with a larger m×n rectangle of cells in the same state.
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Uses
apgsearch 4.x (apgluxe) supports inflation of soups of arbitrary symmetry by a factor of 2n×2n by prefixing the i operator to the desired symmetry n times.