One Dimensional Cellular Automata

This page lets you explore the cellular automata that are prominent in  A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram.

The output consists of several rows of cells.  The first row is the initial condition and successive rows are determined by the previous row and the rule that is selected.

We assume periodic boundary conditions,  which means that the first and last cell of each row are connected.

  • Rule number (0-255):
  • Number of cells:
    • 11
    • 101
    • 251
    • 1001 (this could take a while to evaluate)
  • Initial conditions:
    • Single black cell
    • Random


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Ken Levasseur
Mathematical Sciences
UMass Lowell
Kenneth_Levasseur@uml.edu
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