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Re: CellularAutomaton[rule, init]

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• Subject: [mg56604] Re: [mg56588] CellularAutomaton[rule, init]
• From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:27:13 -0400 (EDT)
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Neither mine nor the latest version of the documentation seems to
mention that two parameter form:

http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/CellularAutomaton

http://documents.wolfram.com/v5/Built-inFunctions/ListsAndMatrices/StructureManipulation/CellularAutomaton.html

On 4/29/05, John Kiehl <john.kiehl at soundtrackny.com> wrote:
> The first two definitions of CellularAutomaton[ ] are as follows:
> 
> "CellularAutomaton[rule, init, t] generates a list representing the evolution
> of the cellular automaton with the specified rule from initial condition init
> for t steps.
> CellularAutomaton[rule, init] gives the result of evolving init for one step."
> 
> This works:
> 
> In[]= CellularAutomaton[110,{1},1]
> 
> but this produces an error message saying that "three or four arguments are expected:"
> 
> In[]= CellularAutomaton[110,{1}]
> 
> 


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    • From: John Kiehl <john.kiehl@soundtrackny.com>