SAND PILE AS A UNIVERSAL COMPUTER

Eric Goles and Maurice Margenstern
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Eric Goles: Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 170-3, Santiago, Chile
Maurice Margenstern: Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Metz, Département d'Informatique, Université de Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57045 Metz Cedex 1, France

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1996, vol. 07, issue 02, 113-122

Abstract: We show that the sand pile model is able to simulate, by specific configurations, logic gates and registers and, therefore any computer program. Further, we give its interpretation in terms of a set of several one-dimensional interacting avalanches.

Keywords: Sand Pile Model; Self-Organized Criticality; Program Machine; Avalanches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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