Universality of One-Dimensional Reversible and Number-Conserving Cellular Automata

We study one-dimensional reversible and number-conserving cellular automata (RNCCA) that have both properties of reversibility and number-conservation. In the case of 2-neighbor RNCCA, García-Ramos proved that every RNCCA shows trivial behavior in the sense that all the signals in the RNCCA do not i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Electronic proceedings in theoretical computer science 2012-08, Vol.90 (Proc. AUTOMATA&JAC 2012), p.142-150
1. Verfasser: Morita, Kenichi
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We study one-dimensional reversible and number-conserving cellular automata (RNCCA) that have both properties of reversibility and number-conservation. In the case of 2-neighbor RNCCA, García-Ramos proved that every RNCCA shows trivial behavior in the sense that all the signals in the RNCCA do not interact each other. However, if we increase the neighborhood size, we can find many complex RNCCAs. Here, we show that for any one-dimensional 2-neighbor reversible partitioned CA (RPCA) with s states, we can construct a 4-neighbor RNCCA with 4s states that simulates the former. Since it is known that there is a computationally universal 24-state 2-neighbor RPCA, we obtain a universal 96-state 4-neighbor RNCCA.
ISSN:2075-2180
2075-2180
DOI:10.4204/EPTCS.90.12