Game of Life

cellular automaton by Conway

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The Game of Life is a cellular automaton created by mathematician John Conway in the 1960s. It's a model of a spatially distributed process where cells evolve based on simple rules and the state of their neighbors. This simulation can mimic life, death, and population dynamics. Despite its simple rules, some cellular automata, including the Game of Life, can perform any computation, making them universal computers.12

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