The Cellular Automata of John von Neumann
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JVN crossing procedures
 
The more annoying task with JVN automata is to implement transmission line crossings by quiescent-cell assemblies. The following files account for the problem.
 
- CROSSINGS.JVN, CROSSINGS.JFR: Examples of JVN activation train crossings by cell assemblies with active elements (due to von Neumann). Unfortunately, no constructing arm can create cell assemblies like these.
 
- JVN_CROSSING.JVN: The file contains two examples of how encoding-decoding systems can be used to perform the crossing of activation trains formed by sparse pulses.