Quantum Game of Life

TL;DR

This paper introduces a quantum adaptation of the Game of Life to explore complexity emergence in quantum systems, revealing regimes with increased diversity compared to classical models.

Contribution

It presents a novel quantum version of the Game of Life and demonstrates its potential to generate greater complexity than classical counterparts.

Findings

Quantum evolution shows classical-like complex behavior

A regime exists with higher diversity in quantum Game of Life

Quantum model enhances complexity compared to classical version

Abstract

We introduce a quantum version of the Game of Life and we use it to study the emergence of complexity in a quantum world. We show that the quantum evolution displays signatures of complex behaviour similar to the classical one, however a regime exists, where the quantum Game of Life creates more complexity, in terms of diversity, with respect to the corresponding classical reversible one.