Cellular Automata and Fractal Evolution

Cellular Automaton Number of States

Here are the 2⁵ = 32 neighborhood configurations for a one-dimensional N = 5 binary automaton, arranged as they are in our CA software.

From top to bottom we see the 1 arrangement of no live cells the 5 arrangements of one live cell the 10 arrangements of two live cells the 10 arrangements of three live cells the 5 arrangements of four live cells, and the 1 arrangement of five live cells.

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