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Record 1 2019-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
CONT

A Langton's loop has an outside layer consisting of cells that keep a fixed state and an inside layer made up of cells in diverse states circulating around the loop. These circulating cells are the building instructions, the "DNA," for the self-reproduction of the loop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
CONT

La boucle de Langton est une forme autoréplicante dans un certain automate cellulaire, inventée en 1984 par le mathématicien Christopher Langton.

Spanish

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