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- From: mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu (Michael Levin)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: looking for epigenetic algorithm (like fractals, etc.)
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.184014.16391@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 14 Oct 92 22:40:13 GMT
- Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Oct14.184014.16391
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- Organization: Harvard University Science Center
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- The Mandelbrot and Julia set algorithms are epigenetic in the
- sense that they map a small seed into a complex image. I.e., you put in
- a polynomial (coded as a a couple of dozen characters, such as
- "c^2 + 3*c + 10") and it creates an interesting image. Are there any
- other algorithms which have that property? In other words, are there
- any systems such that their implementation on the computer takes
- relatively short inputs (strings with some interpretation) and
- produces interesting and varied images? If anyione has any ideas,
- please email to mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu.
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- Mike Levin
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