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The rules of Conway’s Life, a two dimensional cellular automaton, are explained. Some of its characteristics and typical behavior are described. An algorithm to calculate periodic states using de Bruijn diagrams is explained. The paper is written in July 4, 1988.
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McIntosh, H.V. (2010). Conway’s Life . In: Adamatzky, A. (eds) Game of Life Cellular Automata. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-217-9_3
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