Paterson's worms

Summary

Paterson's worms is a cellular automaton^[1]. It draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_automaton category, ranking #5 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• Paterson's worms is credited with the discovery of Mike Paterson^[3].
• Paterson's worms is credited with the discovery of John Horton Conway^[4].
• Paterson's worms's image is recorded as PatersonWorm200.gif^[5].
• Paterson's worms's instance of is recorded as cellular automaton^[6].
• Paterson's worms's instance of is recorded as Turmite^[7].
• Mike Paterson is named after Paterson's worms^[8].
• +1971-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Paterson's worms^[9].
• Paterson's worms's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jmc_r^[10].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Mike Paterson^[3], a computer scientist^[11], b. 1942^[12], of United Kingdom^[13], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[14], specialised in computer science^[15] and John Horton Conway^[4], a mathematician^[16], 1937–2020^[17], of United Kingdom^[18], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[19], specialised in group theory^[20].

Why It Matters

Paterson's worms draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_automaton category, ranking #5 of 7).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21]