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The '''snark''' is a 90° [[Still_life|stable]] [[glider]] [[reflector]], made up of two [[Eater_1|eaters]], a [[block]] and an unnamed 31-cell still life. It is currently the fastest and the smallest 90° stable glider reflector, both in terms of the population and the bounding box.
The '''snark''' is a 90° [[Still_life|stable]] [[glider]] [[reflector]], made up of two [[Eater_1|eaters]], a [[block]] and an unnamed 31-cell still life. It is currently the fastest and the smallest 90° stable glider reflector, both in terms of the population and the bounding box.



Revision as of 09:04, 9 June 2013

Snark
Snark image
Pattern type Stable reflector
Number of cells 49
Bounding box 23 × 17
Angle 90°
Repeat time 43
Discovered by Mike Playle
Year of discovery 2013

The snark is a 90° stable glider reflector, made up of two eaters, a block and an unnamed 31-cell still life. It is currently the fastest and the smallest 90° stable glider reflector, both in terms of the population and the bounding box.

The reaction was discovered by Dietrich Leithner about 1998, but it consumed another block.[1] A catalyst that could replace the block was found with Bellman, a program for searching catalytic reactions, developed by Mike Playle.

Given its small recovery time, the snark made oscillators of previously unknown periods of 43 and 53 trivial.

References

  1. Adam P. Goucher (February 17, 2010). "Re: Incomplete search patterns - try to complete". Retrieved on May 8, 2013.

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