Universe 3/03 - Mapping update
As previously mentioned, I'm mapping out the topology/topography of cellular automaton rule set 3/03 in a 20x20 universe. I've modified my DigTrig demo (my own personal duplicate... the live one is as it always was) to be a lot faster and log the data. I copy the info into a text file and parse it using a small script written in Ruby. The script looks for duplicates and will output the iteration numbers if it finds any. So far, I have logged 250,000 iterations... yes, 1/4 million iterations... 1/4 million snap shots of the 20x20 universe... and still have no duplicates. Curiously, I tested my script and put in a duplicate just to make sure my script was working. It was. There are 250,000 unique iterations for this cellular automaton and more to be discovered. I'm hoping it doesn't contain ALL possible combinations, otherwise this may take a while.
Then again... it might give me a good reason to get into quantum computing... hmm...