Nonlinear Sciences – Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Scientific paper
1993-03-23
Nonlinear Sciences
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
35 pages. To appear in the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. arXiv admin note, 17Jun2003: original PCL file a
Scientific paper
We study the asymptotic shape of the occupied region for monotone deterministic dynamics in d-dimensional Euclidean space parametrized by a threshold theta, and a Borel set N with positive and finite Lebesgue measure. If A_n denotes the occupied set of the dynamics at integer time n, then A_n+1 is obtained by adjoining any point x for which the volume of overlap between x+N and A_n exceeds theta. Except in some degenerate cases, we prove that A_n converges to a unique limiting "shape" L starting from any bounded initial region that is suitably large. Moreover, L is computed as the polar transform for 1/w, where w is an explicit width function that depends on N and theta. It is further shown that L describes the limiting shape of wave fronts for certain cellular automaton growth rules related to lattice models of excitable media, as the threshold and range of interaction increase suitably. In the case of 2-d box neighborhoods, these limiting shapes are calculated and the dependence of their anisotropy on theta is examined. Other specific two- and three- dimensional examples are also discussed in some detail.
Gravner Janko
Griffeath David
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