1. Conway’s Game in matlab
Andrew Tholt

2. Three main structures arise:
Stagnant forms
Oscillators
Moving forms
John Conway
Pixels are either “alive” or “dead”
Follows basic rules:
1 or 0 neighbors = cell dies
2 or 3 neighbors = cell lives
4 or more = cell dies
Dead cell with three neighbors becomes alive
16,370 cell line
Designate a counting matrix
Every cell counts its 8 neighbors
Apply periodic boundary conditions
Second matrix checks counting matrix and
applies rules
Cellular Automaton
Process of activation/deactivation
Cells have states based on neighbors
Conus genus
Secretes pigments into growing
shell based on CA
Plant stoma transpire in the same
manner

3. Run with: plot.m
Run with: Line.m, Gun.m, Flare.m
Run with: Glider.m
Run with: Ship.m