Overview
- Addresses the issue of universality in an unconventional model of computation, that of cellular automata in hyperbolic spaces
- All the results are illustrated by colour pictures with a definite aesthetic aspect
- The pictures constitute a “A Collection of Jewels” where the word jewel is taken in both senses: direct and figurative
Part of the book series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation (ECC, volume 4)
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About this book
Hyperbolic geometry is an essential part of theoretical astrophysics and cosmology. Besides specialists of these domains, many specialists of new domains start to show a growing interest
both to hyperbolic geometry and to cellular automata. This is especially the case in biology and computer science.
This book gives the reader a deep and efficient introduction to an algorithmic approach to hyperbolic geometry. It focuses the attention on the possibilities to obtain in this frame the power of computing everything a computer can compute, that is to say: universality.
The minimal ways to get universality are investigated in a large family of tilings of the hyperbolic plane. In several cases the best results are obtained.In all cases, the results are close to the theoretical best values. This gives rise to fantastic illustrations: the results are jewels in all meanings of the word.
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Maurice MARGENSTERN is professor emeritus at the University of Lorraine, he is a member of LITA, the research unit of computer science in the campus of Metz of this university. Professor Margenstern is amongst top world experts in theory of computation, mathematical machines and geometry. He is a pioneer
in cellular automata in hyperbolic spaces.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Small Universal Cellular Automata in Hyperbolic Spaces
Book Subtitle: A Collection of Jewels
Authors: Maurice Margenstern
Series Title: Emergence, Complexity and Computation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36663-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-36662-8Published: 22 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44204-9Published: 16 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36663-5Published: 14 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2194-7287
Series E-ISSN: 2194-7295
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 320
Topics: Complexity, Complex Systems