Lecture 27

We covered more examples from chapter 19:

• A game with a large state space ( Chinese checkers)
• A system with an infinite state space (Conway's game of life).

Web pages for Conway's game of life:

• History and rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
• shows rules operating clearly: http://www.tech.org/~stuart/life/
• applet (doesn't run for all browsers): http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/
• simpler demo (but more likely to work for you): glider gun animation

Announcements

• Now is the time to check your final exam schedule for conflicts. Conflicts must be reported to instructors by the last day of classes. However, it's much easier to find good solutions if you act sooner, especially given how early our exam is this term. See the student code for the rules on which class has to handle conflicts. If you can't figure this out, speak to all instructors involved and get us to help you sort out a plan.
• ICES forms will be at the end of lecture next Tuesday (the last class) and in discussions this week.
• Information for the final should start appearing next week. This will include room assignments, pre-exam office hours, link the web form for choosing which examlet to re-take.