One-sided spaceship synthesis

A one-sided spaceship synthesis is a glider synthesis of a spaceship in which all gliders come from the same side of the spaceship's path. Such syntheses are used extensively in the 17c/45 Caterpillar. For example, here is a one-sided way to create an LWSS.

x = 101, y = 52, rule = B3/S23 2bo$obo$b2o$94bo3bobo$93bo4b2o$93b3o3bo$8bo$6bobo$7b2o22$32bo$30bobo$ 31b2o$64bo3bobo$63bo4b2o$63b3o3bo$38bo$36bobo$37b2o10$77bo2bo$81bo$77b o3bo$78b4o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 Z 10 HEIGHT 480 GPS 20 AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 T 66 PAUSE 2 LOOP 67 ]]

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External links

• One-sided spaceship synthesis at the Life Lexicon