Very nice collection! Interesting that boats and longboats seem to be so over-represented in the results -- not surprising, really, since they're both turners on their own.simsim314 wrote:For future reference here are all 280 splitters for 2 SLs (that can be built with 7 gliders of slow salvo p1) in 10x10 square...
My favorite splitters so far are these:
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x = 38, y = 183, rule = LifeHistory
3.C$2.C.C$2.2C3$2C$C.C$.C.C$2.C22$29.3C$29.C$30.C48$8.2C$7.C2.C$7.C2.
C$8.2C$.C$C.C$C.C$.C23$28.3C$28.C$29.C38$.C$C.C$2C4$5.2C$5.2C23$35.3C
$35.C$36.C!
The last constellation seems as if it might be the cheapest splitter -- lowest population, fewest gliders to construct -- and it has other nice properties: it's both an edge-shooter and a highway robber, so it can pick off a glider on a target lane while allowing gliders to go by on an adjacent lane -- and return a glider to the original lane if needed, with an adjustable delay:
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x = 81, y = 69, rule = LifeHistory
$13.4B$14.6B2.2B$15.10B$16.3BA6B$15.3BABA5B$14.4B2A3B.2B$14.9B2.B$15.
8B3.4B$15.8B4.6B2.2B$15.6B.B2A3.10B$5.2B9.4B2.B2A4.3BA6B$5.3B4.2A3.4B
7.3BABA6B$5.4B3.2A4.4B5.4B2A3B.4B$6.4B2.11B4.9B2.4B$7.4B3.10B4.8B3.4B
$8.4B.5BA6B3.8B4.4B$9.8BABA6B2.6B.B2A3.4B$10.7B2A3B.3B3.4B2.B2A4.4B$
11.11B8.4B9.4B$12.11B8.4B9.4B$13.6B.3B9.4B4.2AB2.4B$16.2B3.2B10.4B3.
2AB.6B$22.B11.4B4.9B$35.4B3.10B$12.3B4.2A3.4B8.4B2.11B$12.4B3.2A4.4B
8.4B.3B2A6B$13.4B2.10B9.6BABA3B$14.4B3.8B10.6BA3B$15.4B.5BA6B8.10B$
16.8BABA6B8.2B2.6B$17.7B2A3B.3B3.3B9.4B$18.11B7.4B9.4B$19.11B7.4B4.2A
3.4B$20.6B.3B8.4B3.2A4.4B$23.2B3.2B9.4B2.10B$29.B10.4B3.7B$41.4B.5BA
2B$19.3B4.2A3.4B7.8BABA2B$19.4B3.2A4.4B7.7B2A3B$20.4B2.10B8.11B$21.4B
3.8B9.11B11.3A$22.4B.5BA3B10.6B.4B10.A$23.8BABA2B13.2B3.4B10.A$24.7B
2A3B7.3B9.4B$25.11B7.4B9.4B$26.10B8.4B4.2A3.4B$27.6B.2B9.4B3.2A4.4B
10.3A$30.2B3.B10.4B2.10B10.A$47.4B3.7B12.A$48.4B.5BA2B$49.8BABA2B$50.
7B2A3B$51.11B$52.11B$53.6B.3B$56.2B3.2B$62.B!
EDIT: Not bad -- 7 or 8 P2-slow gliders can produce any orientation of the block-and-boat splitter, starting from a simple block:
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x = 8482, y = 5253, rule = Life
2o$2o19$15b3o$15bo$16bo148$169b3o$169bo$170bo148$330b2o$329b2o$331bo
148$474b3o$474bo$475bo148$615b2o$614b2o$616bo148$781b2o$780b2o$782bo
148$924b2o$923b2o$925bo365$2o1078b2o1028b2o1058b2o1028b2o1068b2o1068b
2o1078b2o$2o1078b2o1028b2o1058b2o1028b2o1068b2o1068b2o1078b2o19$15b3o
1077b3o1027b3o1057b3o1027b3o1067b3o1076b3o1077b3o$15bo1079bo1029bo
1059bo1029bo1069bo1078bo1079bo$16bo1079bo1029bo1059bo1029bo1069bo1078b
o1079bo148$163b3o1076b3o1027b3o1057b3o1023b3o1077b3o1065b3o1081b3o$
163bo1078bo1029bo1059bo1025bo1079bo1067bo1083bo$164bo1078bo1029bo1059b
o1025bo1079bo1067bo1083bo148$313b3o1076b3o1020b3o1058b2o1042b3o1065b3o
1077b3o1062b3o$313bo1078bo1022bo1059b2o1043bo1067bo1079bo1064bo$314bo
1078bo1022bo1060bo1043bo1067bo1079bo1064bo148$465b3o1064b3o1036b3o
1039b2o1048b3o1070b3o1072b3o1075b3o$465bo1066bo1038bo1040b2o1049bo
1072bo1074bo1077bo$466bo1066bo1038bo1041bo1049bo1072bo1074bo1077bo148$
630b2o1046b2o1046b3o1042b2o1038b2o1060b2o1084b2o1083b3o$629b2o1046b2o
1047bo1043b2o1038b2o1060b2o1084b2o1084bo$631bo1047bo1047bo1044bo1039bo
1061bo1085bo1084bo148$762b3o1062b2o1029b2o1075b2o1041b2o1059b3o1084b2o
1048b2o$762bo1063b2o1029b2o1075b2o1041b2o1060bo1085b2o1048b2o$763bo
1064bo1030bo1076bo1042bo1060bo1086bo1049bo148$919b3o1078b3o998b3o1055b
2o1058b2o1061b3o1082b2o1050b3o$919bo1080bo1000bo1056b2o1058b2o1062bo
1083b2o1051bo$920bo1080bo1000bo1057bo1059bo1062bo1084bo1051bo148$1062b
3o1036b3o1057b3o1023b2o1071b3o1065b3o1077b3o1068b3o$1062bo1038bo1059bo
1024b2o1072bo1067bo1079bo1070bo$1063bo1038bo1059bo1025bo1072bo1067bo
1079bo1070bo662$2o1078b2o1078b2o1078b2o$2o1078b2o1078b2o1078b2o19$15b
3o1077b3o1077b3o1086b3o$15bo1079bo1079bo1088bo$16bo1079bo1079bo1088bo
148$163b3o1072b3o1087b3o1075b3o$163bo1074bo1089bo1077bo$164bo1074bo
1089bo1077bo148$313b3o1089b3o1070b3o1092b3o$313bo1091bo1072bo1094bo$
314bo1091bo1072bo1094bo148$465b3o1069b2o1087b3o1076b2o$465bo1070b2o
1088bo1077b2o$466bo1071bo1088bo1078bo148$630b2o1052b2o1077b2o1087b2o$
629b2o1052b2o1077b2o1087b2o$631bo1053bo1078bo1088bo148$762b3o1083b3o
1078b3o1084b3o$762bo1085bo1080bo1086bo$763bo1085bo1080bo1086bo148$919b
3o1069b2o1079b3o1084b2o$919bo1070b2o1080bo1085b2o$920bo1071bo1080bo
1086bo148$1073b3o1069b2o1082b3o1081b2o$1073bo1070b2o1083bo1082b2o$
1074bo1071bo1083bo1083bo237$2o918b2o$2o918b2o19$15b3o926b3o$15bo928bo$
16bo928bo148$169b3o925b3o$169bo927bo$170bo927bo148$326b3o925b3o$326bo
927bo$327bo927bo148$473b3o925b3o$473bo927bo$474bo927bo148$618b2o926b2o
$617b2o926b2o$619bo927bo148$779b2o926b2o$778b2o926b2o$780bo927bo148$
904b2o926b2o$903b2o926b2o$905bo927bo!
P.S. There weren't any 3+ glider outputs for 2sL constellations, were there?