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{{Gun|p= | {{Gun|p=30|name=Gosper glider gun|pname=gosperglidergun|c=36|discoverer=Bill Gosper|discoveryear=1970|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true}} | ||
The '''Gosper glider gun''' is the first known [[gun]], and indeed the first known finite pattern with unbounded growth, found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Bill Gosper|Bill Gosper]] in November [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It remains by far the smallest known gun. Bill Gosper has since found other guns, such as [[new gun 1]] and [[new gun 2]]. | The '''Gosper glider gun''' is the first known [[gun]], and indeed the first known finite pattern with unbounded growth, found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Bill Gosper|Bill Gosper]] in November [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It remains by far the smallest known gun. Bill Gosper has since found other guns, such as [[new gun 1]] and [[new gun 2]]. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_g.htm#gosperglidergun Gosper glider gun] at the Life Lexicon | [http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_g.htm#gosperglidergun Gosper glider gun] at the Life Lexicon |
Revision as of 15:51, 10 January 2009
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Pattern type | Gun | ||||||
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Number of cells | 36 | ||||||
Period | 30 | ||||||
Barrels | Unknown | ||||||
Discovered by | Bill Gosper | ||||||
Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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The Gosper glider gun is the first known gun, and indeed the first known finite pattern with unbounded growth, found by Bill Gosper in November 1970. It remains by far the smallest known gun. Bill Gosper has since found other guns, such as new gun 1 and new gun 2.
External links
Gosper glider gun at the Life Lexicon