Big S

	Big S
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	14
Bounding box	7 × 6
Discovered by	MIT group
Year of discovery	1971
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B/S23 – B3678/S012345678
# of rules	211 = 2048
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	4
Uploaded synthesis RLE	bigs_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	bigs.cells
RLE	bigs.rle

For other uses of 'S', see S (disambiguation).

Big S (or large S^[1] or S-spiral^[2] or simply S^[3]) is a simple 14-cell still life discovered by the MIT group in 1971.^[4] It is the twenty-second most common still life, being less common than snake but more common than bi-pond.^[5]

References

↑ Stephen Silver. "Large S". The Life Lexicon. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.
↑ Stephen Silver. "S-spiral". The Life Lexicon. Retrieved on May 22, 2009.
↑ Stephen Silver. "S". The Life Lexicon. Retrieved on May 2, 2009.
↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on March 30, 2010.