On 1 November 2010 22:21, Hypercube <eviatarb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cellular automata have proved to be a useful tool for modelling > discrete systems in various applications, so I think it could be > useful to a wide scope of researchers. At least "A New Kind of > Science" seems to have brought it out of its niche, partially.
I don't know how many copies were sold, but there are several hundred reviews of his book, so it makes me think there would be interest in this. That said, I expect a lot of the people that bought the book have never read it in full. I think it can be useful for insomnia. > However, I think the main reason why it's so prominent in Mathematica > is because of Wolfram's interest in it. Yes, that is most certainly true. I doubt it would have the prominence it does if it was not for Steven Wolfram's interest. > MATLAB doesn't have native > support for CAs, for example. I don't think it would hurt to have it > in Sage though. MATLAB is aimed at quite a different set of users to Mathematica. But there are several files in the file exchange area that are related. http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?term=tag%3A%22automata%22 So I think it would be worth adding in Sage. Dave -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
