Conway’s Game of Life In 1970, British mathematician John Horton Conway invented a cellular automaton called The Game of Life. This simple game is governed by its initial cellular state and four simple rules:
Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbors dies, as if caused by underpopulation. Any live cell with two or three live neighbors lives on to the next generation. Any live cell with more than three live neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation.
Continue reading
