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A R Hernández-Montoya1, H F Coronel-Brizio, G A Stevens-Ramírez
1Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Facultad de Física e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Veracruzana, Sebastián Camacho 5, Xalapa Veracruz 91000, Mexico.
Abstract:
We explore the spatial complexity of Conway's "Game of Life," a prototypical cellular automaton by means of a geometrical procedure generating a two-dimensional random walk from a bidimensional lattice with periodical boundaries. The one-dimensional projection of this process is analyzed and it turns out that some of its statistical properties resemble the so-called stylized facts observed in financial time series. The scope and meaning of this result are discussed from the viewpoint of complex systems. In particular, we stress how the supposed peculiarities of financial time series are, often, overrated in their importance.
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