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A mathematical formalism often implemented in a computer program. A CA (for short) is a network of cells. Each cell is connected to a number of neighboring cells. Each cell has a state which is determined at any given time by the previous state of itself and its neighbors.

EdwardFredkin suggested that the universe is literally a CA at the bottom, a view recently popularized by StephenWolfram in [ANewKindOfScience].

Visit the [Digital Worlds Tutorial | http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~aschatt/info/ca/ca.html]

[Google! | Google:"cellular automata"]

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