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Hashlife

algorithm for speeding up cellular automaton simulations
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Hashlife

Summary

Hashlife is an algorithm[1]. Hashlife draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (algorithm category, ranking #126 of 337).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hashlife is credited with the discovery of Bill Gosper[3].
  • Hashlife's instance of is recorded as algorithm[4].
  • Hashlife's has use is recorded as Conway's Game of Life[5].
  • Hashlife's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045ldy[6].
  • Hashlife's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777571904[7].

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Designation and Status

Hashlife's instance of is recorded as algorithm[4].

Why It Matters

Hashlife draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (algorithm category, ranking #126 of 337).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hashlife_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hashlife}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hashlife}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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