Langton's Ant Related Interests
     
I would like to investigate variations on Langton's Ant running on other tilings. Specifically I am interested in hyperbolic tilings. I have begun by experimenting with the Ant on a hexagonal latice in the plane. (You can view a simple applet studying this here) I have also begun writing applets to display regular hyperbolic tilings, see a preliminary applet here.

If you are interested in studying Langton's Ant, here are a couple of articles:
  • Ian Stewart, Mathematical Recreations, Scientific American, 104-107, Jully 1994.
  • Beuret, O. and Tomassini, M. Behaviour of Multiple Generalized Langton's Ants, ?
  • Gale, David. Mathematica Entertainments, The Mathematical Intelligencer, vol. 16 no. 1, 1994.



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