Matthew Cook

From LifeWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Matthew Cook
Born February 7, 1970
Residence Unknown
Nationality American
Institutions Institute for Neuroinformatics (Zurich, Switzerland)
Alma mater University of Illinois, California Institute of Technology

Matthew Cook is a mathematician and computer scientist who proved Stephen Wolfram's conjecture that the Rule 110 one-dimensional cellular automaton is Turing complete in 1994 (published in 2004).[1]

Cook also did pioneering work in 2000 in defining and distinguishing between pseudo- and quasi-still lifes in the Game of Life.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Cook, Matthew (2004). "Universality in elementary cellular automata". Complex Systems Publications.
  2. Cook, Matthew (2000). "Still life theory". Santa Fe Institute's Fellows-at-Large Program 2000.
  3. Cook, Matthew (2003). "New Constructions in Cellular Automata: Still life theory, pages 93–118". Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Oxford University Press.