On Finite Monoids of Cellular Automata

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Abstract: For any group G and set A, a cellular automaton over G and A is a transformation au:AGoAG defined via a finite neighborhood SsubseteqG (called a memory set of au) and a local function mu:ASoA. In this paper, we assume that G and A are both finite and study various algebraic properties of the finite monoid extCA(G,A) consisting of all cellular automata over G and A. Let extICA(G;A) be the group of invertible cellular automata over G and A. In the first part, using information on the conjugacy classes of subgroups of G, we give a detailed description of the structure of extICA(G;A) in terms of direct and wreath products. In the second part, we study generating sets of extCA(G;A). In particular, we prove that extCA(G,A) cannot be generated by cellular automata with small memory set, and, when G is finite abelian, we determine the minimal size of a set VsubseteqextCA(G;A) such that extCA(G;A)=langleextICA(G;A)cupVangle.











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