[Gridflow-dev] [PD] New Tutorial on Convolutions

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Mike Moser-Booth wrote:

> I've recently been interested in cellular automata and saw that you used 
> [#convolve] in game_of_life.pd. I don't really understand how it's working, 
> though.

Can you tell me what's missing or not clear from the pageful of notes that 
I wrote around the formula (in the subpatch) ?

> Will you be adding bits about how to use convolution in cellular 
> automata? I personally would love some help in understanding how that 
> works.

Cellular automata are always based on convolutions. It's just not always 
stated explicitly... most programmers would rather write nested for-loops 
than use something like [#convolve], you see.

First I will add an actual intro to convolutions in general (before I 
start talking about blurs and stuff) and maybe it will become clearer for 
cellular automata as well. If you have more questions then I will add 
something more if I know what to add in particular...

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