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ZUSE Automat Agent v1.11 achieves 69.1x causal compression of a period-15 cellular automaton oscillator, reducing 25 cells over 12 steps to recover defect_state0 in 20/20 trials. The deterministic system discovers empirical laws for elementary cellular automata without language models, using policy-driven world selection and law evaluation.

Deterministic empirical law discovery for elementary cellular automata ECA . ZUSE Automat Agent runs cellular-automata worlds, applies a fixed observer stack, evaluates seven binary cycle laws, and stores multi-seed evidence in reproducible journals. The discovery loop is policy-driven and deterministic: no language model participates in world selection, law evaluation, scoring, or acceptance. Latest: v1.11 - Early causal-cone compression of the T=15 mechanism: 25 cells for 12 steps recover defect state0 in 20/20, a 69.1x reduction. - v1.11 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21034813 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21034813 - v1.10 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21009303 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21009303 - v1.9 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21001633 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21001633 - v1.8 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21000646 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21000646 - v1.7 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20971738 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20971738 - v1.6 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20792051 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20792051 - v1.5 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20768585 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20768585 - v1.4 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20767477 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20767477 - v1.3 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20753499 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20753499 - v1.2 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20738025 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20738025 - v1.1 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20687470 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20687470 - v1.0 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20516375 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20516375 - v1.11 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21034812 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21034812 - v1.10 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21009302 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21009302 - v1.9 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21001632 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21001632 - v1.8 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21000645 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21000645 - v1.7 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20971737 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20971737 - v1.6 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20792050 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20792050 - v1.5 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20768584 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20768584 - v1.4 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20767476 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20767476 - v1.3 series DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20753498 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20753498 - Previous-series DOI v1.2 and earlier : 10.5281/zenodo.20738024 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20738024 - PDF: paper/zuse preprint.pdf /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/paper/zuse preprint.pdf World taxonomy and law coverage matrix /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/world taxonomy/law map.md : formal classification of 20 worlds, seven-law coverage, and measured fragility where available. Scientific synthesis /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/scientific synthesis/FINDINGS.md : consolidated findings across world families, law coverage, fragility mechanisms, and open questions. Physical-tree findings /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/pysr fase7/FINDINGS.md : meta-analysis of physical metrics that predict law richness. Fragility report /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/fragility fase10/fragility report.md : basin fragility spectrum and observed mechanisms. Rule 54 noise-gate anatomy /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/rule54 gate fase13/rule54 gate report.md : diagnosis of the dedup noise-boundary mechanism. Local oscillator family sweep /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/local oscillator family fase18/local oscillator family report.md : exhaustive quiescent ECA sweep; rule 108 is unique under the current local oscillator protocol. Periodicity sweep /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/outputs/periodicity fase21/periodic ic sweep report.md : designed periodic ICs validate periodicidad across ECA. python -m venv .venv .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 pip install -r requirements.txt Run a simulation: python -m zaa simulate --rule 110 --steps 200 --width 256 --out outputs\rule110 Run a short deterministic discovery loop: python -m zaa discover --world rule 110 --cycles 5 --journal journal.jsonl Run the test suite: python -m unittest discover -s tests See REPRODUCIBILITY.md /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/REPRODUCIBILITY.md for the commands used to regenerate the atlas, fragility reports, oscillator sweeps, and periodicity results. Large raw JSONL outputs are not tracked in git when they exceed 1 MB. The corresponding scripts and summary reports are tracked, and the raw files can be regenerated from the commands in the reproducibility guide. Concha Estrada, M. A. 2026 . ZUSE Automat Agent: Empirical Law Discovery in Elementary Cellular Automata v1.11 . Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21034813 Code is released under the MIT License /conchaestradamiguelangel-droid/zuse-automat-agent/blob/master/LICENSE . The preprint is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International via Zenodo.