Object: | CA on a homogeneous digraph |
Topology: | Completely homogeneous |
Dimension: | 3D |
Structure: | Cube with "holes" (triangular structure) |
States: | 2 |
Neighbors: | 2 |
Rule: | c[t+1] = c1[t] xor c2[t] |
Initial Config.: | Single non-blank cell, coord. (0,0,0) |
In-degree: | 2 |
Out-degree: | 2 |
Global map: | Reversible |
Behaviour: | Non-Replicative |
Author: | Joel Dobrzelewski (1996) |
Movies
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TCA 400 generations AVI movie by Joel Dobrzelewski (1997) |
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TCA 400 generations MPEG movie by Joel Dobrzelewski (1997) |
Images
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TCA from a distance - 96 nodes total. POV-Ray rendered image by Joel Dobrzelewski (1996) |
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A closer shot from an unusual perspective. POV-Ray rendered image by Joel Dobrzelewski (1996) |
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A graph of the population values for the first 400 generations of TCA after the initial "big-bang" configuration of a single non-blank cell. The actual text values are available here in 400gen.txt (4k) GIF image by Joel Dobrzelewski (1996) |
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A graph of the population density for the first 400 generations. GIF image by Joel Dobrzelewski (1997) |
VRML Models
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24-nodes of the TCA lattice |
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768 cells - only the triangles formed by the links are shown |
Programs
(91k) | All 4096 states of a small (12-cell) region are reached in only 60 generations. MS-DOS executable and Pascal source by Plamen Petrov (1996) |
(92k) | This version only displays text output (population numbers) but reaches generation 400. MS-Windows executable and Delphi (Pascal) source by Joel Dobrzelewski (1996) |
(77k) | A much smaller (and faster) version with 3D display. MS-DOS executable and C source by Lee Killough (1996) |