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'''Conway's game of life''' (CGL) deals with a cellular automaton game called ''Life'', which was meant to simulate the ecology of one-celled creatures. It was invented by [[John Conway]] in 1970. <ref>[http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html Wonders of Math]</ref>  
 
'''Conway's game of life''' (CGL) deals with a cellular automaton game called ''Life'', which was meant to simulate the ecology of one-celled creatures. It was invented by [[John Conway]] in 1970. <ref>[http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html Wonders of Math]</ref>  
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CGL is a simple game were by random squares on a grid are filled. These are deemed to be "alive". Under a set rule based on the number of filled adjacent cells a cell either continues to live, die or is born.
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CGL is a simple game were by random squares on a grid are filled. These are deemed to be "alive". Under a set rule based on the number of filled adjacent cells a [[Cell (mathematics)|cell]] either continues to live, die or is born.
    
Despite being based on simple rules the outcome cannot be estimated in advance, only by running the simulation can you get any results. Despite it being based on a random begin and the rules being simple, patterns form very easily. One of the most common being the glider pattern.
 
Despite being based on simple rules the outcome cannot be estimated in advance, only by running the simulation can you get any results. Despite it being based on a random begin and the rules being simple, patterns form very easily. One of the most common being the glider pattern.
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