Cellular Automaton Growth on Z2: Theorems, Examples, and Problems

Advances in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-304

  Gravner, Janko ^a   Griffeath, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; crystal growth; shape theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000757246     PISSN: 01968858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aama.1998.0599     Document Type: Article

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