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In this work we study the complexity of the three-dimensional sandpile avalanches triggered by the addition of two critical configurations. We prove that the algorithmic problem consisting in predicting the evolution of three dimensional critical avalanches is the hardness core of the three-dimensional Abelian Sandpile Model. On the other hand we prove that three-dimensional critical avalanches are superlinear long on average. It suggests that the prediction problem is superlinear-hard on average.
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Mejía, C., Andrés Montoya, J. (2010). The Complexity of Three-Dimensional Critical Avalanches. In: Bandini, S., Manzoni, S., Umeo, H., Vizzari, G. (eds) Cellular Automata. ACRI 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6350. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15979-4_17
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