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Attractor vicinity decay for a cellular automaton.

James P. Crutchfield1, James E. Hanson

  • 1Center for Complex Systems Research, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801(a)).

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)
|April 1, 1993
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This study analyzes cellular automaton (CA) dynamics, revealing three decay patterns in state space based on lattice size. The findings support the attractor-basin portrait for capturing CA qualitative dynamics.

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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Computational Physics

Background:

  • Cellular automata (CA) are discrete dynamical systems with complex emergent behavior.
  • Understanding the state space structure and attractor dynamics is crucial for nonlinear systems.
  • Domain-wall dominated CAs present high-dimensional nonlinear spatial challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the temporal decay of attractor vicinity in domain-wall dominated CAs.
  • To identify state space structures by analyzing decay patterns across different lattice sizes.
  • To validate the attractor-basin portrait for CA qualitative dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing selected initial pattern ensembles to probe the state space.
  • Analyzing decay behavior across a range of lattice sizes (even and odd).
  • Constructing stochastic models to mimic lattice evolution and finite-size effects.

Main Results:

  • Identified three distinct classes of decay behavior: decelerating (even lattices), catastrophic (even lattices), and catastrophic (odd lattices).
  • Observed characteristic decay profiles correlating with lattice size parity.
  • Demonstrated that weak additive noise drives all states to the attractor.

Conclusions:

  • The attractor-basin portrait effectively captures the qualitative dynamics of the studied CA.
  • Lattice size parity significantly influences the decay behavior and attractor convergence.
  • Stochastic models provide valuable insights into CA evolution until finite-size effects emerge.