Langton's Ant app for iPhone and iPad

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Entertainment
Developer: Tatsuhiro Sawa

Free

Current version: 2.0.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 28 Sep 2009
App size: 105.11 Kb

Langtons ant is a two-dimensional Turing machine with a very simple set of rules but complicated emergent behavior. It was invented by Chris Langton in 1986.

This app simulates four ants arranged in the point symmetry. The ant forms the periodic pattern.