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Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 378, Issue 1, 3 June 2007, Pages 17-31
 
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doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2006.10.025    How to Cite or Link Using DOI (Opens New Window)
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Arithmetic computation in the tile assembly model: Addition and multiplication

Yuriy BrunCorresponding Author Contact Information, a, E-mail The Corresponding Author

aDepartment of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2910, United States

Received 12 May 2006; 
revised 26 October 2006; 
accepted 27 October 2006. 
Communicated by A. Condon. 
Available online 6 November 2006.

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Abstract

Formalized study of self-assembly has led to the definition of the tile assembly model [Erik Winfree, Algorithmic self-assembly of DNA, Ph.D. Thesis, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 1998; Paul Rothemund, Erik Winfree, The program-size complexity of self-assembled squares, in: ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC02, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2001, pp. 459–468]. Research has identified two issues at the heart of self-assembling systems: the number of steps it takes for an assembly to complete, assuming maximum parallelism, and the minimal number of tiles necessary to assemble a shape. In this paper, I define the notion of a tile assembly system that computes a function, and tackle these issues for systems that compute the sum and product of two numbers. I demonstrate constructions of such systems with optimal Θ(1) distinct tile types and prove the assembly time is linear in the size of the input.

Keywords: Self-assembly; Adder; Multiplier; Tile assembly model; Crystal growth; Molecular computation


 
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