Abstract
Error catastrophe is studied in a growing pattern with cellular automata. It is found that, although the critical error threshold Pc for error catastrophe decreases monotonically with decreasing diffusion coefficient D, Pc remains at a finite value in the limit that D goes to 0 because particles with higher growth rate repress the growth of those with lower growth rate spatially. The possibility that the spatial structure accelerates the evolution is also discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena |
Volume | 203 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Apr 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cellular automata
- Error catastrophe
- Pattern formation
- Quasispecies theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Applied Mathematics