Analysis of One-Dimensional Linear Hybrid Cellular Automata over GF(q)

  • Authors:
  • Kevin Cattell;Jon C. Muzio

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

This paper studies theoretical aspects of one-dimensional linear hybrid cellular automata over a finite (Galois) field. General results concerning the characteristic polynomials of such automata are presented. A probabilistic synthesis algorithm for determining such a linear hybrid cellular automaton with a specific characteristic polynomial is given, along with empirical results and a theoretical analysis. Cyclic-boundary cellular automata are defined and related to the more common null-boundary cellular automata. An explicit similarity transform between a cellular automaton and its corresponding linear feedback shift register is derived.