Snark

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Snark
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Pattern type Stable reflector
Number of cells 52
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 discovered by Mike Playle in April 2013.[1] It is made up of two eaters, a block and a 31-bit still life, the heart of the Snark. It is currently the fastest and the smallest 90° stable glider reflector, both in terms of the population and the bounding box. Another commonly-used stabilization of the catalyst is 34 bits, and many other variants are available.

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four Snark catalyst variants --
Top:  original variant by Mike Playle
Left:  Shannon Omick (better clearance on a diagonal)
Right:  Heinrich Koenig (better clearance on a different diagonal)
Bottom:  Simon Ekstrom (better clearance on two diagonals)

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The base reaction was discovered by Dietrich Leithner about 1998, but it consumed another block.[2] 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.[3] It also made most large symmetrical Herschel-loop guns obsolete, since it is now possible to make use of the Herschel gliders with a shorter path of the Herschel track itself. [4]

References

  1. Mike Playle (April 25, 2013). "Just the place for a Snark!". Retrieved on March 27, 2016.
  2. Adam P. Goucher (February 17, 2010). "Re: Incomplete search patterns - try to complete". Retrieved on May 8, 2013.
  3. Matthias Merzenich (April 25, 2013). "Re: Just the place for a Snark!". Retrieved on March 27, 2016.
  4. Dave Greene (June 8, 2013). "Re: Just the place for a Snark!". Retrieved on April 5, 2017.

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