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This is a '''list of the most [[common]] [[spaceship]]s''' in [[HighLife]], specifically [[Catagolue]]'s B36/S23/[[symmetry|C1]] census. The patterns in this table beyond row 5 are only approximately ranked, as they all occur very infrequently so it is difficult to generate accurate estimates of their occurrence. The '''approximate relative frequency''' column gives an estimate of the proportion of all randomly-occurring spaceships that will be of the given type.
This is a '''list of the most [[common]] [[spaceship]]s''' in [[HighLife]], specifically [[Catagolue]]'s B36/S23/[[symmetry|C1]] census. The '''approximate relative frequency''' column gives an estimate of the proportion of all randomly-occurring spaceships that will be of the given type.


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! Minimum # of [[cell]]s
! Minimum # of [[cell]]s
! Approximate relative frequency (out of 1.00)
! Approximate relative frequency (out of 1.00)
! % Difference in frequency from [[Conway’s game of life|Life]]
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|-
! 1
! 1
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| 5
| 5
| 0.9963
| 0.9963
| -1.80%
|-
|-
! 2
! 2
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| 9
| 9
| 0.002442
| 0.002442
| 63.78%
|-
|-
! 3
! 3
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| 19
| 19
| 0.0005962
| 0.0005962
| -
|-
|-
! 4
! 4
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| 11
| 11
| 0.0005886
| 0.0005886
| 53.20%
|-
|-
! 5
! 5
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| 13
| 13
| 0.00006536
| 0.00006536
| -2.10%
|-
|-
|}
|}

Revision as of 14:08, 8 July 2019

This is a list of the most common spaceships in HighLife, specifically Catagolue's B36/S23/C1 census. The approximate relative frequency column gives an estimate of the proportion of all randomly-occurring spaceships that will be of the given type.

Rank Pattern Period Heat Speed Minimum # of cells Approximate relative frequency (out of 1.00) % Difference in frequency from Life
1 Glider 4 4 c/4 diagonal 5 0.9963 -1.80%
2 Lightweight spaceship 4 11 2c/4 orthogonal 9 0.002442 63.78%
3 Bomber 48 38.4 8c/48 diagonal 19 0.0005962 -
4 Middleweight spaceship 4 15 2c/4 orthogonal 11 0.0005886 53.20%
5 Heavyweight spaceship 4 19 2c/4 orthogonal 13 0.00006536 -2.10%

See also