A Class of Models with the Potential to Represent Fundamental Physics
  1. Introduction
  2. Basic Form of Models
  3. Typical Behaviors
  4. Limiting Behavior and Emergent Geometry
  5. The Updating Process for String Substitution Systems
  6. The Updating Process in Our Models
  7. Equivalence and Computation in Our Models
  8. Potential Relation to Physics
  9. Additional Material
  10. References
  11. Index
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A Class of Models with the Potential to Represent Fundamental Physics

by stephen wolfram

A class of models intended to be as minimal and structureless as possible is introduced. The models can be viewed as describing networks, relations, sets, or a variety of other structures. Even in cases with simple rules, highly complex behavior can emerge, some of which has striking similarities to known core features of fundamental physics.