LifeWiki explained

LifeWiki is a wiki dedicated to Conway's Game of Life.[1] [2] It hosts over 2000 articles on the subject[3] and a large collection of Life patterns stored in a format based on run-length encoding[4] that it uses to interoperate with other Life software such as Golly.[5]

LifeWiki was founded in 2009 by Nathaniel Johnston, a professor of mathematics and computer science at Mount Allison University, as part of the ConwayLife site founded in 2008 by Johnston.[5] [6] It serves as a focal point for one of the many mathematical communities John Horton Conway's work brought into being,[7] a starting point for Life enthusiasts to learn about new developments in Life patterns,[8] and a comprehensive listing of the many forms of emergent behavior that Life patterns are now known to have.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Martínez . Genaro J. . Seck-Tuoh-Mora . Juan C. . Zenil . Hector . Zenil . Hector . 1208.2456 . Wolfram's Classification and Computation in Cellular Automata Classes III and IV . 10.1007/978-3-642-35482-3_17 . Berlin & Heidelberg . 237–259 . Springer . Emergence, Complexity and Computation . Irreducibility and Computational Equivalence: 10 Years After Wolfram's A New Kind of Science . 2013.
    see footnote, p. 245 (p. 10 of arXiv version): "An excellent forum on GoL is 'LifeWiki".
  2. Book: Alessandrini, Paolo. Bestiario matematico: Mostri e strane creature nel regno dei numeri. it. Hoepli Editore. 9788836005291. Capitolo 10. https://books.google.com/books?id=qaUxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT169.
  3. News: The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life. The New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20211119234717/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/science/math-conway-game-of-life.html. 2021-11-19. December 28, 2020. Siobhan. Roberts. Siobhan Roberts.
  4. Book: Think Java: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. Allen B.. Downey. Chris. Mayfield. 2nd. O'Reilly Media. 2019. 9781492072478. 231–233.
  5. Web site: Golly Help: Credits. Golly. 2021-12-08.
  6. Web site: My websites. Nathaniel. Johnston. 2021-12-08.
  7. Senechal . Marjorie . Marjorie Senechal . 10.1007/s00283-021-10067-9 . 2 . . 4278478 . 73–75 . John Conway and mathematical communities . 43 . 2021.
  8. Book: Poundstone, William. The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge. Dover Books on Science. William Poundstone. 2nd. Courier Corporation. 2013. 9780486490984. 234.
  9. Book: Twitterbots: Making Machines that Make Meaning. MIT Press. Tony. Veale. Mike. Cook. 2018. 9780262346443. 336.

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