Snark
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Pattern type | Stable reflector | ||||||||
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Number of cells | 52 | ||||||||
Bounding box | 23 × 17 | ||||||||
Angle | 90° | ||||||||
Repeat time | 43 | ||||||||
Discovered by | Mike Playle | ||||||||
Year of discovery | 2013 | ||||||||
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The snark is a 90° stable glider reflector, made up of two eaters, a block and an unnamed 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 repeat time, the snark made oscillators of previously unknown periods of 43 and 53 trivial.
References
- ↑ Adam P. Goucher (February 17, 2010). "Re: Incomplete search patterns - try to complete". Retrieved on May 8, 2013.