Scorpion

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Scorpion
x = 7, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 3bo$b3o$o3b2o$obobobo$b2obobo$5bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 16
Bounding box 7 × 6
Frequency class 17.8
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery Unknown

Scorpion (or curl tie bun) is a 16-bit still life. It appears at generation 4761 of Bunnies, lasting for over 400 generations.

Commonness

Scorpion is the thirty-ninth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than beehive with tail but more common than loop.[1] It is also the fourty-sixth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.[2]

Synthesis

On April 7, 2007 Dean Hickerson found a 4-glider synthesis of this still life.[3]

See also

References

  1. Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
  2. Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
  3. Dean Hickerson's 2, 3, and 4-glider syntheses pattern collection

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