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    A reversible cellular automaton is a cellular automaton in which every configuration has a unique predecessor. That is, it is a regular grid of cells...
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    A cellular automaton (pl. cellular automata, abbrev. CA) is a discrete model of computation studied in automata theory. Cellular automata are also called...
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    In a cellular automaton, a Garden of Eden is a configuration that has no predecessor. It can be the initial configuration of the automaton but cannot...
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    A second-order cellular automaton is a type of reversible cellular automaton (CA) invented by Edward Fredkin where the state of a cell at time t depends...
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  • experiment of 1867 Reverse computation Reversible cellular automaton – Cellular automaton that can be run backwards Reversible dynamics – Type of physical or...
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    a cellular automaton is reversible globally if and only if it is reversible at the block level. The ease of designing reversible block cellular automata...
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  • A quantum cellular automaton (QCA) is an abstract model of quantum computation, devised in analogy to conventional models of cellular automata introduced...
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    Critters is a reversible block cellular automaton with similar dynamics to Conway's Game of Life, first described by Tommaso Toffoli and Norman Margolus...
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    Billiard-ball computer (category Reversible computing)
    computers on several types of reversible cellular automaton, including block cellular automata and second-order cellular automata. In these simulations...
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  • Norman Margolus (category Cellular automatists)
    Canadian-American physicist and computer scientist, known for his work on cellular automata and reversible computing. He is a research affiliate with the Computer Science...
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