Rice’s Theorem for Generic Limit Sets of Cellular Automata

Abstract

The generic limit set of a cellular automaton is a topologically defined set of configurations that intends to capture the asymptotic behaviours while avoiding atypical ones. It was defined by Milnor then studied by Djenaoui and Guillon first, and by Torma later. They gave properties of this set related to the dynamics of the cellular automaton, and the maximal complexity of its language. In this paper, we prove that every non trivial property of these generic limit sets of cellular automata is undecidable.