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{{Stilllife | {{Stilllife | ||
|name = Eater 4 | |||
|pname = eater4 | |||
|type2 = eater | |||
|c = 40 | |||
|bx = 14 | |||
|by = 14 | |||
|discoverer = David Buckingham | |||
|discoveryear = 1971 | |||
|rulemin = B/S23 | |||
|rulemax = B378/S012345678 | |||
|rulespecial = [[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]] | |||
|isorulemin = B/S2-cn3knry | |||
|isorulemax = B2-ae34-antw5-kqry6-k78/S012345678 | |||
|synthesis = 16 | |||
|synthesisRLE = true | |||
|plaintext = true | |||
|rle = true | |||
|viewerconfig = #C [[ HEIGHT 480 WIDTH 480 THUMBSIZE 2 ]] | |||
|apgcode = xs40_y2g8o6pb8oz0ggcaa9o74z320f9 | |||
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'''Eater 4''' is an [[eater]] that was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by David Buckingham|David Buckingham]] in [[:Category:Patterns found in 1971|1971]], but was not recognized as an eater until 1975 or 1976. It can't eat [[glider]]s, but it can be used for various other purposes.<!--Such as what?--> The four northeast-most center cells regrow in a few generations after being destroyed by taking a bite out of something. | '''Eater 4''' is an [[eater]] that was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by David Buckingham|David Buckingham]] in [[:Category:Patterns found in 1971|1971]], but was not recognized as an eater until 1975 or 1976. It can't eat [[glider]]s, but it can be used for various other purposes.<!--Such as what?--> The four northeast-most center cells regrow in a few generations after being destroyed by taking a bite out of something. | ||
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Pattern type | Strict still life Eater | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 40 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 14 × 14 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1971 | ||||||||||
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Eater 4 is an eater that was found by David Buckingham in 1971, but was not recognized as an eater until 1975 or 1976. It can't eat gliders, but it can be used for various other purposes. The four northeast-most center cells regrow in a few generations after being destroyed by taking a bite out of something.
See also
External links
- Eater 4 at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Periodic objects with minimum population 40
- Patterns with 40 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1971
- Patterns that can be constructed with 16 gliders
- Still lifes
- Strict still lifes
- Strict still lifes with 40 cells
- Eaters
- Patterns with bilateral diagonal symmetry
- Semi-natural periodic objects