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Langton's loops

self-reproducing patterns in a particular cellular automaton rule, investigated in 1984 by Christopher Langton
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Langton's loops

Summary

Langton's loops ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Langton's loops's image is recorded as Langtons Loop.png[2].
  • Christopher Langton is named after Langton's loops[3].
  • Langton's loops's subclass of is recorded as cellular automaton[4].
  • Langton's loops's Commons category is recorded as Self-replicating loops[5].
  • Langton's loops's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g_khr[6].

Why It Matters

Langton's loops ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

Related Entities

Christopher Langton

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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