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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Gamedziner » January 20th, 2019, 7:30 am

dvgrn wrote:

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x = 4, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$2b2o$3bo$2b2o!
The one-cell spark from a LWSS can make an integral sign from that:

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x = 10, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$2b2o$3bo$2b2o$6b2o$5b4o$5b2ob2o$7b2o!

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x = 81, y = 96, rule = LifeHistory
58.2A$58.2A3$59.2A17.2A$59.2A17.2A3$79.2A$79.2A2$57.A$56.A$56.3A4$27.
A$27.A.A$27.2A21$3.2A$3.2A2.2A$7.2A18$7.2A$7.2A2.2A$11.2A11$2A$2A2.2A
$4.2A18$4.2A$4.2A2.2A$8.2A!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Goldtiger997 » January 21st, 2019, 2:17 am

I'm not sure where to post this, but I would like to share my glider synthesis script. It uses two textfiles, one of which contains all the collisions from 2718281828's database, and the other contains the population sequence for the first 256 generations of each one.

Here's a sample use, for the honeyfarm predecessor in the first of gmc_nxtman's recent partial syntheses. Pasting the honeyfarm predecessor into an empty layer and then running the script produces this result:

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x = 311, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
bo79bo69bo80bo76bo$2bo79bo69bo80bo67bo6bo$3o77b3o67b3o72b2o4b3o68bo5b
3o$226b2o72b3o$225bo$6bo74b2o67b2o81b3o$7bo67b2o5b2o67b2o82bo66b2o$5b
3o68b2o3bo68bo83bo68b2o$75bo226bo2$6b2o$7b2o$6bo5$151b3o$151bo$152bo!
I also used it to reduce the why not synthesis:

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x = 48, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
21b2o20bo$20b2o21bobo$18bo3bo18bo4bo$16bobo23b4obo$17b2o22bo4bo$43bobo
$43bo$16b3o$18bo$17bo3$3o19bo$2bo18b2o$bo19bobo$15bo$15b2o$14bobo6$42b
2o$41b2o$43bo!
Edit: dvgrn's post below reminded me of a few "limitations". Firstly, the textfiles only store the first 256 generations of population, so the script may miss some collisions that take more than 256 generations to reach the searched for pattern. Also, the population sequences are stored mod64 to reduce the file size, so it is possible (but unlikely) that this will result in false positives. Lastly, the script only checks the first 8 generations of a pattern to match with a glider synthesis. Fortunately, this can be changed if necessary by increasing or decreasing the GEN_CHECK parameter inside the script.

The textfiles are very large, so I can't attach them myself. I've asked dvgrn to do so.
EDIT by dvgrn: Here's the attachment. First I tried uploading a version of this with the text files in plain ZIP format, but the resulting file was over twice as large. The special powers granted to me by the PHPBB Powers That Be apparently don't extend to files over 30 megabytes, so my upload limit is apparently somewhere between 12MB and 30MB. Don't know where exactly, and am only slightly tempted to do a binary search to find out...
synthesise_patt.zip
SynthSearch3G script and associated text files with 7zip compression
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Here's a link to my constellation script.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by gmc_nxtman » January 21st, 2019, 11:50 am

9-glider synthesis:

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x = 178, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
15bo$13b2o$14b2o7$7bo29b2o30b2o39b2o30b2o30b2o$8b2o7bo19b2o30b2o38bo2b
o28bo2bo28bo2bo$2bo4b2o8bobo89b3obo27b3obo27b3obo$obo14b2o24b2o30b2o
36bo31bo31bo$b2o39bobo29bobo32b4o28b4o28b4o$4bo38bo31bo31bo2bo28bo2bo
28bo2bo$4bobo28b2o30b2o38b2o30b2o30b2o$4b2o28bo2bo28bo2bo$35b2o30b2o
42b2o30b2o$111b2o30b2o3$110bo31bo$109bobo29bobo$109bobo29bobo$74b2o34b
o31bo2b2o$75b2o68bobo$74bo3bo27bo31bo6bo$78bobo24bobo29bobo$78b2o25bob
o29bobo$106bo31bo3$80b2o$80bobo$80bo!
It might be possible to crash a NW-bound glider into the following to get a lucky beehive which would make the beginning constellation in 4 gliders, but I haven't searched exhaustively:

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x = 7, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o3$3bobo$3b2o$4bo3$4b3o$4bo$5bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by testitemqlstudop » January 21st, 2019, 1:09 pm

this p5 billiard table:

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x = 16, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2$4b2o3b2o$3bo2bobo2bo$3bob2ob2obo$2b2o7b2o$4b3ob3o$2b2o7b2o$bo2b7o2bo
$2bobo7b2o$3bo3b2o$7b2o!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » January 21st, 2019, 3:11 pm

Goldtiger997 wrote:I'm not sure where to post this, but I would like to share my glider synthesis script. It uses two textfiles, one of which contains all the collisions from 2718281828's database, and the other contains the population sequence for the first 256 generations of each one.
Looks good! I just tried it out by hunting down three-glider syntheses for three components of the new-record C1 diehard. It worked like a charm, once I figured out to increase GEN_CHECK from 8 to 80 to weed out lots of irrelevant pi explosions for the final search.

There are still a lot of false positives, though, especially if I try hunting for structures that are close to the end of their active life cycles. E.g., I'd like to be able to search for a specific pair of blocks using this same script, but when I do that I get all possible pairs of blocks, blocks and tubs, pairs of tubs, ponds, boat plus blinker, glider plus blinker, etc. I suppose that's what the constellation script is for. How long would it take to re-run the scan and get rid of that <20-bit limitation?

Something that should effectively combine the two scripts, that I don't quite have time for at the moment: I'd like to try rebuilding the data files to use an orientation-independent hash function that's a little better than the population. A four-byte hash of each generation's apgcode should get rid of almost all of the false positives, for example. Using Golly's hash function and picking the lowest value of the eight orientations might be just as good.

That would blow up the data files even bigger, but I think it would be worth it. One nice thing would be that it would only be necessary to search the database for a single hash value instead of a long string. If I'm reading the code right, a 3-glider collision that takes more than 256 ticks to settle might not be matched correctly, if the target population sequence runs past the end of the recorded sequence.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Goldtiger997 » January 21st, 2019, 8:06 pm

dvgrn wrote: EDIT by dvgrn: Here's the attachment. First I tried uploading a version of this with the text files in plain ZIP format, but the resulting file was over twice as large...
Thanks a lot for doing this!
dvgrn wrote:There are still a lot of false positives, though, especially if I try hunting for structures that are close to the end of their active life cycles. E.g., I'd like to be able to search for a specific pair of blocks using this same script, but when I do that I get all possible pairs of blocks, blocks and tubs, pairs of tubs, ponds, boat plus blinker, glider plus blinker, etc. I suppose that's what the constellation script is for. How long would it take to re-run the scan and get rid of that <20-bit limitation?
Originally when I was making the "synthesise_constellation" program, it kept on throwing out errors because some of the collision results couldn't be given apgcodes. I discovered by chance that there were no such errors when I set an upper population bound of 20. Later I read the apgcode code comments (like I should have earlier) and noticed it said it is guaranteed to work for objects of population <= 40. However, it would be better if that limitation could be avoided as well. I think it will take a few hours to re-run the scan, so not too long.
dvgrn wrote:Something that should effectively combine the two scripts, that I don't quite have time for at the moment: I'd like to try rebuilding the data files to use an orientation-independent hash function that's a little better than the population. A four-byte hash of each generation's apgcode should get rid of almost all of the false positives, for example. Using Golly's hash function and picking the lowest value of the eight orientations might be just as good.
That is an interesting idea, I will look into it. However, I do get the impression that it would take long time for the scan to take place.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Goldtiger997 » January 21st, 2019, 11:30 pm

I wrote:Later I read the apgcode code comments (like I should have earlier) and noticed it said it is guaranteed to work for objects of population <= 40. However, it would be better if that limitation could be avoided as well. I think it will take a few hours to re-run the scan, so not too long.
I re-ran the scan. It now works for all constellations that fit within a 40x40 bounding box (and are either period 1,2,3, or 6). Unlike before, it does not have the population limit of 20. So it now works for constellations like this, finding 40 collisions (example 3 glider collision shown):

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x = 29, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
23bo$22bobo$22bobo$bo21bo$2bo$3o15b2o7b2o$17bo2bo6b2o$18b2o$2bo$2b2o
19bo$bobo18bobo$22bobo$23bo3$14bo$13b2o$13bobo!
synthesise_constellation.zip
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » January 22nd, 2019, 12:20 am

Goldtiger997 wrote:I re-ran the scan. It now works for all constellations that fit within a 40x40 bounding box (and are either period 1,2,3, or 6). Unlike before, it does not have the population limit of 20...
Just so this ends up in a less forgettable place than the "unsure discoveries" thread, is it okay if I check in a copy of this somewhere like https://github.com/dvgrn/b3s23life/3glider ?

I think it should be possible to get rid of the 7-zip dependency for the synthesis search script, and check in the actual files that the script reads. Just have to import a zip-file-reading Python module or something like that. The bz2 module, maybe?

EDIT: Here's the new three-glider collisions subfolder in the b3s23life github repository. Unfortunately there isn't a one-click way to download just the one subfolder; it looks like you have to either use git, or download a ZIP file of the whole repository. Probably I should split off different projects into new separate repositories under a "Team" structure or some such -- but this will do for now.

EDIT2: Solved the downloading-just-collisions-subfolder problem by moving 3G and 4G collision databases to a separate repository.

If the code stops changing, it would be easy to check in a ZIP file so that the whole package could be downloaded in one step. For synthesise-patt, I suspect that only about 50,000 or 60,000 of the 3-glider collisions are actually worth including, so the ZIP could be a relatively reasonable size. You can see by sorting colseqs.txt that the great majority of sequences are partial duplicates of each other, due to huge clouds of ash and thousands of long-delayed third glider collision with various delays. Probably there's no need to have the default search package include all those, since no reasonable-sized patterns will ever match them.

... And now, back to our usual Unsure Discovery Channel --

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by mniemiec » January 23rd, 2019, 6:59 pm

Goldtiger997 wrote:I also used it to reduce the why not synthesis: ...
This also improves By Flops and 16P2.46 by 1, to 9 and 10 respectively:

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x = 102, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
bo5bo29bo29bo13bo15bo$bbo4bobo27bobo27bobo9boo16bobo$3obbo29bo29bo14b
oo13bo4bo$4bob5o25b5o23bob5o4boo17bob4obo$3obbo29bo29bo8bobo18bo4bo$bb
o4bobo27bobo27bobo6bo20bobo$bo5bo29bo29bo11boo16bo$78boo$80bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Goldtiger997 » January 23rd, 2019, 7:36 pm

mniemiec wrote:This also improves By Flops and 16P2.46 by 1, to 9 and 10 respectively:...]
There was already a 9-glider synthesis of by flops in the small oscillator synthesis collection:

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x = 147, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$b2o14$105bo$103bobo$17bobo84b2o$18b2o$18bo51bo39bo$22bo46bobo
37bobo$23b2o45bo39bo$22b2o2bobo$26b2o$27bo36bo7b2o30bo7b2o30bo$62bobo
7b2o28bobo7b2o28bobo$66bo39bo39bo$61b5o35b5o35b5o$66bo39bo39bo$62bobo
37bobo11bobo23bobo$64bo39bo11b2o26bo$117bo$29bo$30bo$28b3o42bo39bo$66b
o6bo32bo6bo$33b2o31bo6bo32bo6bo$27b3o2b2o32bo39bo$27bo6bo34b3o3b3o31b
3o3b3o$28bo$73bo39bo$73bo39bo$73bo39bo!
But it's quite messy so the why not based one looks nicer. I will replace it in the collection

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by 2718281828 » January 25th, 2019, 8:08 pm

I checked the collisions of common methuselahs with some sparks. I am am quite certain that someone else did this task before me as well. Still here some results, concerning the B:

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x = 22, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
3$11bobobobo$5b2o11bo$5bobo3b2o3b2o$7bo4b5o$5b3o!
(4,1)c/38 supported by a v-spark parent (do we have a name for the 4-cell spark?).

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x = 15, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o5bobobobo$obo11bo$ob2o3b2o3b2o$b2o5b5o$bo!
glide symmetric 10c/48 supported by a v-spark parent.

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x = 24, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
$15bobobobo$10bo11bo$2o5b5o3b2o3b2o$o11bo3b5o$10b2o$9b2o$8bo!
(16,1)c/78 supported by a v-spark parent.

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x = 5, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$2o$o2bo$o$o2bo$2o$bobo4$b2o$2ob2o$bo2bo$bo2bo$2b2o!

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x = 10, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2b6o$bo6bo$o8bo$b2o4b2o$2b6o5$5b2o$4b2ob2o$5bo2bo$5bo2bo$6b2o!
A 10c/20 supported by a v-spark parent or a domino (here it leaves a block which gets automatically destroyed in the next cycle). Likely this could be realised using suitable c/2 rakes.

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x = 19, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
4$10b6o$3bo5b2o4b2o$3b2o3bo8bo$4b2o3bo6bo$3b2o5b6o!
A banana spark supports this (slow) glide symmetric 4c/82 track.


Some others:

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x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o7bo$obo5bobo$2bo4b2o2bo$3o4bo3bo$7bo3bo$7bo3bo$7bo3bo$7b2o2bo$8bobo$
9bo!
B+domino -> G (maybe it allows reflectors like this?)

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x = 12, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
6b2o2$7bo$5bobo$6b2o6$2b8o$bo2b4o2bo$o2bo4bo2bo$b2o6b2o$2b8o2$5b2o!

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x = 14, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
$3bo$2bobo$bo2b2o$bo3bo$bo3bo$bo3bo4b2o$bo3bo4b2o$bo2b2o3bo$2bobo5b2o$
3bo6b2o!
Pi+domino -> G (maybe this reflects with

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x = 7, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
$2bobo$3b2obo$3bo2bo!
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by cvojan » January 26th, 2019, 11:09 am

Spartan 2H-to-G toggle switch

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x = 18, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
10bo$10b3o$13bo$12b2o4$14bo$14b3o$14bobo$16bo2$2o5bo$2o4bobo$6bo2bo$7b
o2$14b2o$14bo$15b3o$17bo2$10bo$10b3o$13bo$12b2o4$14bo$14b3o$14bobo$16b
o2$2o5bo$2o4bobo$6bo2bo$7b2o2$14b2o$14bo$15b3o$17bo!

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x = 38, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
10bo$10b3o$13bo$12b2o4$14bo21b2o$14b3o18b2o$16bo15b2o2b2o$16bo15b2o3bo
2$2o5bo$2o4bobo$6bo2bo$7bo$35b2o$14b2o20bo$14bo20bo$15b3o17b2o$17bo!
I bet this could lead from period-doubling guns to binary counters (which has been done before)
EDIT: Binary counter and high-period gun:

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x = 512, y = 244, rule = B3/S23
9$488b2o$488b2o5$487b2o$486bo2bo$486bobo$487bo$500b2o$500bo$498bobo$
498b2o$483b2o8b2o$482bobo8bo$482bo8b3o$481b2o6$475bo$475b3o$478bo$477b
2o14b2o$493b2o2$413b2o$413b2o93bo$506bobo$507bo3$412b2o$411bo2bo$411bo
bo$412bo$425b2o57b2o8b2o$425bo59bo8bobo$423bobo59b3o8bo$423b2o71b2o$
408b2o8b2o$407bobo8bo$407bo8b3o$406b2o6$332b2o66bo$332b2o66b3o$403bo$
402b2o14b2o$418b2o49b2o$468bobo15b2o$331b2o135bo17b2o$330bo2bo99bo33b
2o$330bobo98bobo59bob2o$331bo100bo60b2obo$344b2o$344bo$342bobo134b2o$
342b2o134bobo$327b2o8b2o139bo$326bobo8bo139b2o$326bo8b3o71b2o8b2o$325b
2o83bo8bobo$410b3o8bo$421b2o33bo$454b3o$453bo$453b2o$319bo118b2o$319b
3o117bo55b2o$322bo116bob2o52bobo$321b2o14b2o101bo2bo53bo$337b2o102b2o
54b2o$456b2o13b2o$257b2o197b2o13b2o$257b2o93bo$350bobo$351bo$394b2o$
393bobo15b2o82b2o$256b2o135bo17b2o50b2o30b2o$255bo2bo133b2o65b2obobo$
255bobo160bob2o37b2obo6b2o$256bo161b2obo41bo6bo$269b2o57b2o8b2o119b2ob
2o3b3o25b2o$269bo59bo8bobo119bobo4bo27b2o$267bobo59b3o8bo63b2o42b2o10b
obo18b2o$267b2o71b2o61bobo42b2o11bo18bobo$252b2o8b2o139bo76bo$251bobo
8bo139b2o75b2o8b2o$251bo8b3o226bo$250b2o238b3o$492bo$381bo$379b3o$378b
o$378b2o$176b2o66bo118b2o$176b2o66b3o117bo55b2o$247bo116bob2o52bobo$
246b2o14b2o101bo2bo53bo$262b2o49b2o51b2o54b2o$312bobo15b2o49b2o13b2o$
175b2o135bo17b2o49b2o13b2o$174bo2bo99bo33b2o$174bobo98bobo59bob2o$175b
o100bo60b2obo$188b2o$188bo231b2o$186bobo134b2o63b2o30b2o$186b2o134bobo
59b2obobo$171b2o8b2o139bo61b2obo6b2o$170bobo8bo139b2o65bo6bo$170bo8b3o
71b2o8b2o119b2ob2o3b3o25b2o$169b2o83bo8bobo119bobo4bo27b2o$254b3o8bo
107b2o10bobo18b2o$265b2o33bo72b2o11bo18bobo$298b3o104bo$297bo106b2o8b
2o$297b2o115bo$163bo118b2o131b3o$163b3o117bo55b2o76bo$166bo116bob2o52b
obo$165b2o14b2o101bo2bo53bo$181b2o102b2o54b2o$300b2o13b2o$101b2o197b2o
13b2o$101b2o93bo$194bobo$195bo$238b2o$237bobo15b2o82b2o$100b2o135bo17b
2o50b2o30b2o$99bo2bo133b2o65b2obobo$99bobo160bob2o37b2obo6b2o$100bo
161b2obo41bo6bo$113b2o57b2o8b2o119b2ob2o3b3o25b2o$113bo59bo8bobo119bob
o4bo27b2o$111bobo59b3o8bo63b2o42b2o10bobo18b2o$111b2o71b2o61bobo42b2o
11bo18bobo$96b2o8b2o139bo76bo$95bobo8bo139b2o75b2o8b2o$95bo8b3o226bo$
94b2o238b3o$336bo$225bo$223b3o$222bo$222b2o$88bo118b2o$88b3o117bo55b2o
$91bo116bob2o52bobo$90b2o14b2o101bo2bo53bo$106b2o49b2o51b2o54b2o$156bo
bo15b2o49b2o13b2o$156bo17b2o49b2o13b2o$121bo33b2o$119bobo59bob2o$120bo
60b2obo2$264b2o$167b2o63b2o30b2o$31b2o24b2o107bobo59b2obobo$31b2o24b2o
107bo61b2obo6b2o$38bo126b2o65bo6bo$37bobo57b2o8b2o119b2ob2o3b3o25b2o$
36bo2b2o8b2o47bo8bobo119bobo4bo27b2o$36bo2bo8bob2o46b3o8bo107b2o10bobo
18b2o$36bobo10bob2o56b2o33bo72b2o11bo18bobo$27bo9b3obo9bobo88b3o104bo$
26b3o23bo88bo106b2o8b2o$23bo2bo114b2o115bo$22bobo2b2o8bo88b2o131b3o$
24b2o3bo6bobo9bob3o74bo55b2o76bo$21b2ob2o11b2obo10bobo73bob2o52bobo$
21b3obo12b2obo8bo2bo74bo2bo53bo$23bob2o12b2o8b2o2bo75b2o54b2o$15b2o7b
2o24bobo91b2o13b2o$15b2o34bo92b2o13b2o$57b2o$57b2o$14b2o$14b3o15b2o48b
2o$8b2o2bo2bobo10b2o2b2o2b2o43bobo15b2o82b2o$8b2o2b2o2b2o10b2o2bo2bobo
43bo17b2o50b2o30b2o$12b2o20b3o9bo33b2o65b2obobo$34b2o8bobo59bob2o37b2o
bo6b2o$45b2o59b2obo41bo6bo$147b2ob2o3b3o25b2o$148bobo4bo27b2o$92b2o42b
2o10bobo18b2o$91bobo42b2o11bo18bobo$91bo76bo$90b2o75b2o8b2o$177bo$178b
3o$180bo$69bo$67b3o$66bo$66b2o$51b2o$52bo55b2o$52bob2o52bobo$53bo2bo
53bo$54b2o54b2o$69b2o13b2o$69b2o13b2o5$108b2o$76b2o30b2o$72b2obobo$72b
2obo6b2o$76bo6bo$72b2ob2o3b3o25b2o$73bobo4bo27b2o$61b2o10bobo18b2o$61b
2o11bo18bobo$93bo$92b2o8b2o$102bo$103b3o$105bo!
Last edited by cvojan on January 29th, 2019, 9:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by gmc_nxtman » January 26th, 2019, 3:15 pm

Reduced 16.785 by one glider to 8 gliders:

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x = 45, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
3bo$4b2o$3b2o10bo$13bobo$14b2o2$43b2o$14b2o28bo$2o8bo4b2o24b3o$b2o5bob
o3bo25bo$o8b2o28bob2obo$16b3o20bobob2o$8bo7bo23bo$7b2o8bo$3b2o2bobo$2b
obo$4bo!
This also leads to a reduction in the syringe synthesis (77 gliders):

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x = 252, y = 244, rule = B3/S23
10bo$8bobo$9b2o3$7bobo$8b2o$8bo2$bo$2bo$3o218bo$125bobo93bobo$128bo92b
2o$128bo$125bo2bo$126b3o32$186bo$185bo$185b3o$32bobo$33b2o$33bo$184bob
o$184b2o$185bo3$32bobo25bo$33b2o23bobo151bobo$33bo25b2o151b2o$213bo5$
63bo5bo$61bobo3bobo$62b2o4b2o3$200bo$50bobo145b2o$51b2o16bo129b2o$51bo
15bobo110bo$68b2o110bobo$180b2o2$84bo$85b2o$84b2o$178bo$177bo$88bobo
86b3o$89b2o$89bo$172bobo$172b2o$173bo3$172bo$170b2o$171b2o$96bo$94bobo
$95b2o$159bobo6bo7bo$159b2o5b2o8bobo$160bo6b2o7b2o$87bobo$88b2o54bobo
9bo$88bo4bo50b2o9bo$94bo50bo3bo5b3o$92b3o53bo$148b3o2$163bobo$163b2o$
164bo$143bo$143bobo$143b2o13$118bo120b2o$119bo118b2ob2o$117b3o8bo110b
4o$7b4o118b2o109b2o5bo2bo$6bo3bo117b2o116bo$10bo235bo3bo$6bo2bo236b4o
2$123bo$124b2o$123b2o$128b3o$114b3o13bo$116bo12bo$115bo19bo$134b2o$
125b2o7bobo$125bobo$117b2o6bo$118b2o$117bo10$92b2o$93b2o$92bo2$158b3o$
158bo$159bo4$85b2o8b2o50b2o$86b2o8b2o48b2o13bo$85bo9bo52bo11b2o$99b2o
59bobo$98bobo$100bo71bo$146b3o22b2o$146bo24bobo$147bo4$181b2o$180b2o$
182bo4$90b2o$71bo17bobo$71b2o18bo$70bobo$188b3o$166b2o20bo$165b2o22bo$
167bo8$44b2o$43bobo$45bo11$196b2o$54b3o138b2o$56bo140bo19b2o$55bo161bo
bo$217bo$57b2o$5b2o51b2o$6b2o49bo$5bo186b2o$192bobo$192bo$199bo$54b2o
142b2o$55b2o141bobo$54bo149b2o$203b2o$205bo4b2o$210bobo$210bo11$249b2o
$249bobo$249bo!
EDIT: Reduction of 18.3317 to 8 gliders:

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x = 59, y = 45, rule = B3/S23
40bo$38b2o$39b2o11$53b2o$53bo2b2o$54b2obo$55bo$55bo$54b2obo$25bo30bobo
$24bo31bobo$11bo12b3o30bo$12bo17bo$10b3o16b2o$29bobo8bo$23b3o13b2o$25b
o13bobo$24bo13$11bo$11b2o$bo8bobo$b2o$obo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by testitemqlstudop » January 29th, 2019, 5:28 pm

P3 living inside zebra agar:

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x = 57, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
24b3o3b3o$23bo2bo3bo2bo$26bo3bo$26bo3bo$26bo3bo2$4o20b3o3b3o20b4o$o3bo
20bo5bo20bo3bo$o8bo15b7o15bo8bo$bo2bo2b2o2bo12bo7bo12bo2b2o2bo2bo$6bo
5bo10b11o10bo5bo$6bo5bo9bo11bo9bo5bo$6bo5bo8b7ob7o8bo5bo$bo2bo2b2o2bo
2b2o4bo6bobo6bo4b2o2bo2b2o2bo2bo$o8bo3b2o4b6o2bo4b6o4b2o3bo8bo$o3bo9b
2o9bob2o2bo9b2o9bo3bo$4o11b11obo4b10o11b4o$16bobo8bobo8bobo$19b8ob10o$
19bo17bo$21b15o$21bo13bo$23b11o$23bo9bo$24b9o$28bo$24b3o3b3o$26bo3bo2$
25b3ob3o$25b3ob3o$24bob2ob2obo$24b3o3b3o$25bo5bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Billabob » January 29th, 2019, 6:43 pm

testitemqlstudop wrote:P3 living inside zebra agar:

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x = 57, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
24b3o3b3o$23bo2bo3bo2bo$26bo3bo$26bo3bo$26bo3bo2$4o20b3o3b3o20b4o$o3bo
20bo5bo20bo3bo$o8bo15b7o15bo8bo$bo2bo2b2o2bo12bo7bo12bo2b2o2bo2bo$6bo
5bo10b11o10bo5bo$6bo5bo9bo11bo9bo5bo$6bo5bo8b7ob7o8bo5bo$bo2bo2b2o2bo
2b2o4bo6bobo6bo4b2o2bo2b2o2bo2bo$o8bo3b2o4b6o2bo4b6o4b2o3bo8bo$o3bo9b
2o9bob2o2bo9b2o9bo3bo$4o11b11obo4b10o11b4o$16bobo8bobo8bobo$19b8ob10o$
19bo17bo$21b15o$21bo13bo$23b11o$23bo9bo$24b9o$28bo$24b3o3b3o$26bo3bo2$
25b3ob3o$25b3ob3o$24bob2ob2obo$24b3o3b3o$25bo5bo!
You can do this with nearly all billiard tables:

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x = 165, y = 141, rule = Life
79bo5bo$78b3o3b3o$77b2obo3bob2o$77b3o5b3o$78b2o5b2o$78b2o5b2o$79bobobo
bo2$79b7o$78bo7bo$78b9o$76bo11bo$76b13o$74bo15bo$74b17o$72bo19bo$72b
21o$70bo23bo$70b25o$68bo27bo$68b29o$66bo31bo$66b33o$64bo35bo$64b37o$
62bo39bo$62b41o$60bo43bo$60b45o$58bo47bo$58b49o$56bo51bo$56b53o$54bo
55bo$54b57o$52bo59bo$52b61o$50bo63bo$50b65o$48bo67bo$48b69o$46bo71bo$
46b73o$44bo75bo$44b77o$42bo79bo$42b81o$40bo83bo$40b30ob13ob40o$38bo30b
obo11bobo40bo$38b31o2bo2b7o2bo2b41o$36bo32b3obo7bob3o42bo$36b33o3bo2b
5o2bo3b43o$34bo35bobobobobobobobo45bo$34b37obob2o3b2obob47o$32bo39bobo
5bobo49bo$32b39obob2o3b2obob49o$30bo39bobobobobobobobo49bo$30b39o3bo2b
5o2bo3b49o$28bo40b3obo7bob3o50bo$b2o25b41o2bo2b7o2bo2b51o25b2o$2ob2o
21bo42bobo11bobo9bo42bo21b2ob2o$b4o3bobo15b44ob13ob9o3b42o15bobo3b4o$
2b2o4bo2bo12bo69b3o43bo12bo2bo4b2o$7bo2b2o12b70o3b44o12b2o2bo$6b6o10bo
71bobo2bo42bo10b6o$7bo2b2o10b73ob2o3b2ob39o10b2o2bo$2b2o4bo2bo2b2o4bo
78bo2bobo39bo4b2o2bo2bo4b2o$b4o3bobo3bo5b82o3b40o5bo3bobo3b4o$2ob2o9bo
3bo83b3o41bo3bo9b2ob2o$b2o12bo3b83o3b41o3bo12b2o$16b2o85bo43b2o$19b
127o$20bo123bo$21b123o$22bo119bo$23b50o2bob65o$24bo47b4obo62bo$25b46o
8b61o$26bo43bob7o59bo$27b43o2bo6b59o$28bo43bo2b3o58bo$29b44obo3b58o$
30bo43bob2o56bo$31b40o3b2o2b56o$32bo38bo5bo54bo$33b38o3b3obob52o$34bo
38bo2bobobo49bo$35b36o2bo3b2o2b49o$36bo34bobobo3bobo46bo$37b35obob4o2b
o2b44o$38bo35bo6bobo42bo$39b31o5b7ob43o$40bo29bobo51bo$41b30ob52o$42bo
79bo$43b79o$44bo75bo$45b75o$46bo71bo$47b71o$48bo67bo$49b67o$50bo63bo$
51b63o$52bo59bo$53b59o$54bo55bo$55b55o$56bo51bo$57b51o$58bo47bo$59b47o
$60bo43bo$61b43o$62bo39bo$63b39o$64bo35bo$65b35o$66bo31bo$67b31o$68bo
27bo$69b27o$70bo23bo$71b23o$72bo19bo$73b19o$74bo15bo$75b15o$76bo11bo$
77b11o$78bo7bo$79b7o$79bo5bo$78b3o3b3o2$80bo3bo$80bo3bo$80bo3bo$77bo2b
o3bo2bo$78b3o3b3o!
This pattern was made exactly 366 days ago. It's lots of fun trying to find efficient stabilisations.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by BZH314 » January 29th, 2019, 8:44 pm

Does anyone know what this is?
It's a 44 cell still life that closely resemble the Diamond Ring just below it in this video.
It does not appear in the wiki in the list of Still Lifes with 44 cells.

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x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
6bo$5bobo$4bobobo$4bobobo$2b2o2bo2b2o$bo4bo4bo$ob4ob4obo$bo4bo4bo$2b2o
2bo2b2o$4bobobo$4bobobo$5bobo$6bo!
In the slim chance it turns out to be anything, credits go to @nick666101 (Twitch.tv or Youtube) who found it playing Twitch Plays Conway's Game of Life.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Moosey » January 29th, 2019, 8:48 pm

BZH314 wrote:Does anyone know what this is?
It's a 44 cell still life that closely resemble the Diamond Ring just below it in this video.
It does not appear in the wiki in the list of Still Lifes with 44 cells.

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x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
6bo$5bobo$4bobobo$4bobobo$2b2o2bo2b2o$bo4bo4bo$ob4ob4obo$bo4bo4bo$2b2o
2bo2b2o$4bobobo$4bobobo$5bobo$6bo!
In the slim chance it turns out to be anything, credits go to @nick666101 (Twitch.tv or Youtube) who found it playing Twitch Plays Conway's Game of Life.
1) Still lives are generally not notable, unless you can make a new HBK with them, or if they have some other cool property.
2) There are many many many still lives with 44 cells; There is no way the wiki could contain all of them.
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Post by BZH314 » January 29th, 2019, 9:05 pm

Thanks Moosey
Moosey wrote: 1) Still lives are generally not notable, unless you can make a new HBK with them, or if they have some other cool property.
Any pointers to a procedure to follow to identify the other cool properties, or how to separate boring discoveries from interesting ones?
Moosey wrote: 2) There are many many many still lives with 44 cells; There is no way the wiki could contain all of them.
Understood, however, not even a single 44-cell Still Life is listed. Maybe there are some cool ones to list?

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Goldtiger997 » January 29th, 2019, 10:25 pm

BZH314 wrote:Any pointers to a procedure to follow to identify the other cool properties, or how to separate boring discoveries from interesting ones?
BZH314 wrote: Understood, however, not even a single 44-cell Still Life is listed. Maybe there are some cool ones to list?
The majority of still-lifes are boring. That 44-bit still-life looks nice, but it is not really interesting unless it has some unusual properties. Here are some properties that might make a still life interesting:
  • Is an eater
  • Is a catalyst
  • Has a reaction where it reappears in a new location, such as the half bakery reaction
  • Is a solution to the Unique father problem
  • Is a bend for a 2c/3 signal
  • When a spark is added it is a methulesah lasting for 25000+ generations
However, having one of the first two properties wouldn't necessarily make the still-life interesting. For example, the following 4200-bit still-life can eat a glider:

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x = 102, y = 98, rule = B3/S23
2obob2o3b2ob2o2bob2o3b2o3b2o2bo5bo8b2o2b2obob2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o5b2ob2obo
3b2ob2obo$ob2obo5bobo2bob2o3bo2bobobo2b3o3b3o5bo2bo2bob2obobo4b2obobo
3bo2b2o2bobob2o2bobobob2o$6bo4bo2bobo4bo2bobobo7bo5bobo2bo2bobo5bobobo
6bo3bo3bob2o2bo3b3obobo$b6o5b2obobob2ob2obo2bo4b2obo2b4ob3ob3obob2ob2o
bob6obobo2b3o4b2ob2o4bobob3o$o12bo3b2obobo2bobob2o2bob2obo8bo3b2o2bobo
2bo6bobob2obo2b3o4bob2o2bobo3bo$b2ob2obobobobo2bo3bobo2bobo2bo7bob2ob
4o2bo3bobobobo2b3obo2bo4bo2bo2b4o4bobo2b2o$2bobob2ob2obo3bo3bobob2o2bo
2b6ob2obobo3b3ob2o2bobob3o2bob2obob3o4b2o3bob2obob2obo$2bobo7bobobob2o
3bo2b2o8bo7b3o3bo2b3obo4bobo4b2o3b4o2bo3bobobo4bo$b2obob6ob2o2bo6b2o2b
6o2bob6o4bo2bo5b4obobob2o4bo6bo2bobobobob3ob2obo$o3bobo4bo3bobo8bobo5b
obobo5b4ob2ob4o4bobobobob5ob4obob2o2bobobo4bob2o$b4o2b2o3bobo2bobo4b2o
2bobobobobo3bo2bo3bo2bo5b3o3bo2bo7bo3bobo3bobobo3b3o$5bobo3b2obobob2o
5bobob3obobob3obo2bo3bobob4o2b2o2b2obob4o2bob2o2bo3bobo2b3o3b4o$b5o2bo
5bobo7bo2bo5bobo2bo2bob2o2b2obobo3bo8bobo3bobo2bobob2obo2b2o2bobo4bo$o
5bobo2b4ob6o2bobo2b3obob2o3b2o2bobo2bobo2bobob6obobo2b2ob2obobo2bob3o
2bo3b3o$4o2bobobo11bobo2b2obo2bo3b3o2bobo2bo3bob2ob2o5bobob2o5bo2bob2o
5bob4o3bo$4bobobobo2b8obob3o5bob3o2bob2ob3o3bobo6b3obobo3b4obo3bo2b6o
5bob2o$2o2bobobobobo3bo3bobo4b2obob2o3bobo3bo3b4o3b5o2bobo2b3o3bo2b3o
2bo7b5obo$obobo2bobobob2o3bobo2b2obo2b2o4bobob4o2bo5b4o3bobo2bo5b2o2b
2o3b2ob7o6bo$2bo2bobobobobob4o2bobo3bo3b4obobo4b3ob2obo5bobobobo3b2obo
b2o2b2o2bobo7bob2ob2o$bobobobobobobobo3bobobob2ob3o5bo3b2o4bobob2o2b3o
bobobobo2bobo3bobob2o3b2ob6obo2bo$2bo2bo2bo2bobobo2b2obob2obo4b4ob4o2b
3o3bo4bo4bobobob2obobo3bo2bo6bobo8bo$3b3o5bobobobo3bo4bob2o4bo6bo3b4ob
3ob5obo2bo3bob3obo3bobo3bo4b6o5bo$6b5obo2bobo3bob2obobob3o2bob3obobo6b
o2bo6bo3b2obo4bo3b2ob3ob6o10bobo$b4o5bobob2obob3obo2bo6b2o3bobobob5o2b
obo2b2obob3o2bo2b2o4bo6bo7bob2o5b2o$bo2bob2o4bobo3bo5bobo2b4o2b2o4bo2b
o3bob2obobobobobo2bo2b2ob2o3bob4obob5ob2obo$2bobobo5bo2b2obo2b2obobobo
3bobo2b3obobo2bobo2bobobobobobobo9bobobo3bobobo2bo7b2o$3b2o2bo5bobob2o
bo2b2obobo2bo2bobo2bobobob2obobo2bobob2obo2b11obobobo3bo4bob2obo3bo$o
4b3o4b2obo4b2o4bobobo3bo2bobobobo2bo2b2ob2obo4bobo4bo7bobob5o2bobobob
5o$5o10bob2o3b4obobob3ob2obobobobobo4bo3bob2o2bo2bo4b2ob4o2bo5b3obobo$
4bob2o4b4obob3o3bobobo5bo2bobobobob2o3bo3bobo4b7ob2o4bobo2b3o3bobob4o$
3obo2bo3bo5bo4b3o2bobob3obob2obobobobo2bob2ob2o2b4o11b3o2bobo3b3o2bo5b
o$o2bob2o4bob5ob2o3bobo2bobo2b2obo2bobobo2b3obo4b2o4bob2o2b5o3b2o2b3o
4b2ob5o$bobo5b2obo6bob3o2bobo3bo5b2o2bobo6bob2o3b2o2bobo2bo2bo2bobo2b
2o3b4o3bo$2obob2o2bo2bo2b3o8bob3ob6o2b3o2b4ob2obob3o2bobo2b3o5bob3o2b
3o3bob2o2bo$3bobobobob2obo3b9o4bo5bobo3bobo2bobo8b2ob3o9bo3bobo2b2obo
2bob2o2bo$3bobobobo4b4o9b3obobobobo2bo2bo2bobo2b8o6b5o6b3o2bobobobobo
3b3o$b2obo2bobob2o5bo2b2o2bo3bobob2obobobo3b2obobobo7bob4o5bob4o3bobo
3bobo2bobo$bo2bob2ob2ob2ob2obo2bo2bob3o2bo4bobob2o3bobobo2b8obo3b2o2b
2obo3bobo2bo3bob2obobob2o$2bobobo9bob2obob2o4b2ob4obobo2bo2bobobo12b2o
3bo4bo2b2ob2ob2ob2o4bobobo$b2obo2b5ob2obo2bobo4b2o2bobo4bobobo2b2obob
4ob4ob2obob2ob5o3bo2bo2bo5b3o2bobo$2bobo7b2o2b3o2b4obo3bobo2b3obob3o3b
o4bobo2bobo2bo2bo10b2o2bo2b5o2b3ob2o$2bobobobobo4bo3b2o3bobo2b2obobo3b
obo3b2o2b4o3bobo2bobobo2b7o7b3o5bo4bo$b2o2bob2ob4obo2bo2b2obobobo2bobo
b2obo3bobo7b4ob4o2bob2obo4b8o5b2obo2b2o2bo$o2bobo8b2obobobo2bobobobo2b
obo2b5o2b6obo8bobo2bo3bo9bob2o2bo2bobo2b2obo$b2obobob5o4bobobo2bobobo
2b3obobo5bobo4bo3b2ob2o2bob2obo2b10obobobobo2bob2obo2bo$4bobobo4b4o2bo
b2obobob3o5bobob2obo2b2o3b3obobobobo2bobobo10b2obobob2obo2bobobo$b2obo
bo2b3o5b2o5bobo4bob2obob2obobo4bo6bo3bobobo2bobo2b3ob3o4bobo4bobo2bob
2o$o2bo2b3o3b4obo6bobob4obo2bo5bob4o2bob2obobo2bo2bobo2bobo2bobo2b3obo
2b4obo3bo$bo2b2o3b3o3bobobob2obobobo5b3ob3obobo3b4obobob3o3bobobo2b2o
3bobo2bob2obo3bo3b2ob2o$2b2o3b2o4bobobob2obobobo2b5o3bo2bobo2b3o5bobo
4b4obobobo5bob2obo2bobobo6bob2o$5b2o2b6obobo3bobob2obo4b2obobo2b3o3b6o
bob2obo4bobob5obo2bob2obobob2o5bo$2b3o2bobo6bo2bob2obo4bob2o3b2obobo3b
2o9bobo2b4o2b2o4bob3o5bobo3bo3b2o$bo3bobobob4ob3o3bobob2obobob2o3b2obo
b2o2b5ob3o3b2o3bobo3b2obo4b5obob3obo3bob2o$bobo2bo2bobo2b2o3b2o3bob2ob
2o2bob2o4b2obobo4bobo2b3o2bobo2bob2obobob2obo3bobo3bo2bo2bob2o$2ob2obo
bo3bo4bo3b4o8bobob4o3bo2b2o2bobobo3bobobobobo4bo2bo2bobo4b2obo3bobo$6b
ob5ob2ob4o4b9obobo2bob2obobobobobo2bobo2bobobobob2obobo2b2ob4obobob3o
2bo$2ob2o2bo6bobo5b3o4bo4bo3bobobo2bo3bobob4obobobo2b2obobo2bob2o6bobo
bo4b2ob2o$bobo4b6o2bob4o4bo4b2obob3obo2b3obobobo5bo2bobobo3bo2bobo2bob
4obobob5o2bo2bo$o2bobo7bobobo5bob2o5bo2bo4b3o3bobo3b5o3bobo2bobob3o2bo
bobo2bobobo5bo2bobo$2obob7o3bo3b5obo6bo3b4o3b2obobob2o5b3o2b4obo4b2o2b
o2bobobobob2o2bob2ob2o$bob2o7b3ob3obo5bo3bob4o3bobo2bobobobo2b3o4b2o6b
4o4b2obobobobobobobobo$o5bob2o2bo3bo5b4obobobo4b2obob3o2bobo3b2o2b3obo
2bob3o4b4o2bobob2obo3bobobo$4ob2obo7bob4obo3bobo3b2obobo5b2obobo6bo2bo
2b2obo2b3obo3bobobo4b4o3bob2o$3bobo2bo2bo3b2obo8bob4obobobob4o3bob4obo
bobo4bobobo2bobo2b2obo2b4o4b2obobo$2obo2bobobobobo6b2o2b2obo3bobobobob
o3bob2o5b2obob2o3bo2bob2o2bobo2bobobo4bo2bob2obo$obobobobobobob2ob5o4b
obob2o3bo2bo2bob2obo2b3o3bobo3b2obobobo3bobo2bobobob3obobo4b2o$2bobobo
bobobo2bobo5bo2bo2bo2b3o3b3o3bo3b2o2b2obobob2obobobobo2b2o2b3obo2bo2bo
bob4obo2bo$2bobobobobob2obo2b6o3bobobo9b2obo6bo2bobobobobobobobobo2b2o
4b2obobo2bo4bobob2o$b2ob2obo2bobo2b3o2bo7bo2b4o2bobo2bobob4obobo2bobob
obobob2obobo4bobo3bobobo2b2o3bobo$bo5bobo2bobo3bo3b2o2bobobo3b4ob3o2bo
bo2bobob3o2bo2bo2bo4bob6obob2obobob2o2b4o2bo$2b6ob2obo2bobo3b2o2bobobo
b2o5bo5bobobo2b2o3b2obobobo2b3obo7bobo2bobo3b2o4b3o$11bob3ob2o5b2obo2b
o2b4obobobobo2bob2o3bo4bobo2b2o2bobob5obo2bobo2bobo3bobo$4ob5obo13bob
2obobo4bob2ob2obobo2bob2ob4obob2o2b2o2bobo3bo2bobobob2ob4ob2ob2o$o2bob
o3bo2b4ob2o6bo2bobob4obo7bob2obo2bo6bo2bobo2b2o2bobo2bobobobo7bo3bobo$
5bobo2b2o3bobo2bo2bob2obo2bo4bo2b2ob4obo2bobo2b3obobobo2bo5bob4obobobo
b5o3b2o$4bobob2o2bo2bo2bob4o2bo2bobob2o5bobo4bobobob2o2bobobob2obob5o
5bo2bobobo4b3o2b2o$3bo2bobo2bobob2obo5bo3b2ob2o2b5o2bob2obobobo3bobobo
b2o3bobo5b3obobo2bo3b2obo2bo2bo$3b4obob2obo4b5o2b3o6bo4bobobo2bobobo2b
3obo2bo3b3obo2b3o3b2obobob4o2bobob2o$o7bo2bobob3o5b2o4b6ob2obobobobo2b
o2b2o3bob2o2b2o4bobo4bo3b2obo6bo2bo$4ob4o2bobobo2b5o3b3obo5b2obo2b2obo
bobobo2bo2bo2b2o2b4o2b5ob2o3bobob3ob2obo$3bobo3b2o2bo2bo6b3o6b3o4bo4bo
bo2bo2bob2obobo2bo5b2o6bob3o2bobo2bo3b2o$2obo3bo2bobob2ob4obo2bob5o2bo
b2ob5o2bobobobo2bobobobob5o3bob2obo3bob2o2bobob2o2bo$obo2bob2o3bo3bo3b
obo3bo5bo2bobo5bobobobobobo4bob2obo4b4obo2bo3bo3b3o2bobobobo$3b3o3b3ob
2obo2bo3b3o2b3o2b2o2bob3obobobobo2bob3obo5b4o5bo2b2o3b3o3bobobobo2bo$
6bobo4bo2bobob3o3b2o3b2o2b2obo2bobobobo2bobo4bobob2obo3bob3ob2o3bobo3b
2o2bobob2obo$b4obob4obob2obobo2bobo2b2o4bo3bobo2bobob2obob4o3b2obo4b2o
bo2bo2b4o3b2obob2obobo2b2o$o4bo5bobobo2bobo2bobobo2b5ob2obob3obo3bo6b
3o3bobo3bobobo2bo4b3obobo2bobobobo$4obob4o2bobob2o2b3ob2o2bo5bobo2bo4b
3o2b4obo3bobo2b4o2bob2obob2o3bobob2obobobo2b2o$3bobobo2bob2o2bo2b2o9b
4obobo4b3o3b2o3bob5obobo6bo4bobob2obobo3bo2bo2bobo$2obobo2bo2bo2bobobo
2bob7o3bob2ob4o2bobo3bo2bo7bo2bob5ob4obo3bobobobo3bob2o2bo$o2bo2bob2ob
o2bobob2obobo6b2obo4bo3bo3b3o2bob6obo2b2obo4bo5b3obo3bobobobo2bob2o$bo
b4o4b4obo4bobob4obobob3obob2ob3o3b3o6bob2obo2bob2obob4o3bob4obob2obo3b
o$2o5b4o5bob3obo2bo2bo3bo4bobo3bo2b3o3b5obo4bob2obo2bobo4bobo5b2o4b2o
2bo$2b4obo2bob2obo2bo3bobo3bobo2b3obo2b2obobo3b2o6b2ob2obo4bobo3b4obob
ob2o4b3o2bob2o$2bo2bo2bobobo3b2o4bo2b4ob3o3bob2o2bo2b2o2bob5o4bo2b6ob
4o3bobobobob4o3bobo$6bobobobob2o4b2obobo7bo2bo3bobobo2bobobo2bo5bobo6b
o4bo4bobobobo3bobo2bob2o$5b2obobo2bo2bobo2bobobob2ob3o2b2o3bobob2o2bob
o5bobobobobob2obob3o5bobobo2bo2bobobo2b2o$9b2o4b2ob2o4b2ob2obo10bo7bo
5b2ob2o3b2obob2obo6b2ob2o2b2o3b2ob2o!
But this isn't interesting, because the exact same reaction can easily be done with a 7-bit still-life:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
5bo$5bobo$5b2o2$2b2o$3bo$3o$o!
This is why there aren't that many interesting 44-bit still-lifes: almost every reaction that can happen with a 44-bit still-life can also happen with a smaller still-life.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Entity Valkyrie » January 30th, 2019, 12:57 am

Bullet51 wrote:
Entity Valkyrie wrote:True period 52?
No. You may try to oscillize it yourself.
The P104 was intentional.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by cvojan » January 31st, 2019, 9:53 pm

Large c/4 diagonal

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x = 40, y = 40, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$2bo$2b3o$2b2o$b2o$2b2o2$5b2o$4b2o$5bo$5b2o2$3bobo$3bo$2bo$3bo$b2o
$2b4o$3bo2bo$7b2o$3bo3bo$4b5o$7b2o$6bobo$2bobob2o$2bo$2bo2$2o2bo$2o3bo
$bo$o16bo3b2o$3o13bo3bo$4b2obo7bo2bo10b2o$5bo2bo7b2obo3bo7bob2o$6b2o8b
5o2b2o2bob2ob3o$21b3obo8bobob2o$8b5ob3o5bo4bo6b2o3bo$7bo2bob3o8b4o8b2o
$7b3ob3o10bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by 77topaz » January 31st, 2019, 10:47 pm

cvojan wrote:Large c/4 diagonal

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x = 40, y = 40, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$2bo$2b3o$2b2o$b2o$2b2o2$5b2o$4b2o$5bo$5b2o2$3bobo$3bo$2bo$3bo$b2o
$2b4o$3bo2bo$7b2o$3bo3bo$4b5o$7b2o$6bobo$2bobob2o$2bo$2bo2$2o2bo$2o3bo
$bo$o16bo3b2o$3o13bo3bo$4b2obo7bo2bo10b2o$5bo2bo7b2obo3bo7bob2o$6b2o8b
5o2b2o2bob2ob3o$21b3obo8bobob2o$8b5ob3o5bo4bo6b2o3bo$7bo2bob3o8b4o8b2o
$7b3ob3o10bo!
There are at least hundreds of c/4 diagonal ships of a similar size (as can be extrapolated from the quantity of smaller c/4s in Golly's moving objects collection), so that particular ship doesn't really appear to be notable.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by HartmutHolzwart » February 1st, 2019, 3:39 am

Notably or not:

What you‘ve found actually consists of two independent copies of the same short wide (or long narrow) diagonal ship that support the middle part of the crab. Actually, any diagonal c/4 that starts with a glider-like structure can support this part.

The base ship can most likely be found in the jslife moving objects collection. I did quite extensive searches on small diagonal c/4 ships in the early 2000s, followed by a more thorough search by Nicolay Beluchenko, if I remember correctly.

However, at least I didn‘t search systematically with this particular V-shaped structure.

If you find some similar V-shaped diagonal c/6 spaceship, then even topaz77 might find this notable. And it should go to the spaceship discussion thread.

Honestly, for me there‘s nothing wrong with rediscovering something that has already been found as long as you don‘t do that extensively. Giving credit where credit is due is a honest thing to do, but we shouldn‘t overdo that as well. As in math, most of the low hanging fruit are already harvested, but you don‘t know unless you try.

It does make sense to browse through jslife and the forums to find the gaps and holes in previous research, if you definitely want to find something new.

For me, more often than not I stumble over weird partial results that I try to complete, rather than progressing on what I wanted to do originally.

Even with the advance of fast computers and the availability of various search programs, setting up a search and waiting for results rarely works out. So it‘s all about trying out simpler test cases and gaining experience how to customize the actual search, dividing the problem in subproblems that can be solved one by one, ...

Just a few personal thoughts. Sorry for being slightly off-topic.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by 2718281828 » February 6th, 2019, 11:18 am

Is this relatively small (41 cells) c/4 orthogonal ship known? If I got it correctly it is not in jslife:

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x = 13, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2b3o$3bo2$2bo$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$bo5bo$7bo$2b2o3bo3bo$2bo3bo4bo$4b3o3bo
bo$b2obo$4bo4bo$3o2b6o$10bo!
It has a nice back-spark, some 'applications':

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x = 39, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
2b3o23b3o$3bo25bo2$2bo25bo$2bobo23bobo$bo3bo21bo3bo$bo3bo21bo3bo$bo5bo
19bo5bo$7bo25bo$2b2o3bo3bo16b2o3bo3bo$2bo3bo4bo16bo3bo4bo$4b3o3bobo17b
3o3bobo$b2obo22b2obo$4bo4bo20bo4bo$3o2b6o15b3o2b6o$10bo25bo7$4b3o26b3o
$3bo2bo25bo2bo$6bo28bo$6bo28bo$5bo28bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Bullet51 » February 6th, 2019, 11:41 am

2718281828 wrote:Is this relatively small (41 cells) c/4 orthogonal ship known? If I got it correctly it is not in jslife:

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x = 13, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2b3o$3bo2$2bo$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$bo5bo$7bo$2b2o3bo3bo$2bo3bo4bo$4b3o3bo
bo$b2obo$4bo4bo$3o2b6o$10bo!
Known.
velcrorex wrote:Is this this ship you're looking for?

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x = 13, y = 16
10bo$3obb6o$4bo4bo$boobo$4b3o3bobo$bbo3bo4bo$bboo3bo3bo$7bo$bo5bo$bo3b
o$bo3bo$bbobo$bbo$$3bo$bb3o!
Still drifting.

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