Frieze-Generation Using Artificial Life

Year: 2003 Authors: Dirk Fischer; Eric Goles; Mario Markus

Core claim

Simple periodic forcing of Langton’s ant produces a wide variety of complex frieze patterns with apparent infinite sensitivity to parameter changes.

Topics

Langton’s ant, frieze patterns, periodic forcing, complexity

Domains

cellular automata, dynamical systems, modular arithmetic, complexity theory, pattern generation, frieze design, visual art

Methods

periodic binary forcing, computer simulation, parameter perturbation, grid evolution

Media

square grid, binary sequence, computer-generated figures

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