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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » September 15th, 2020, 4:21 pm

MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 3:42 pm
... it certainly seems possible that there's a narrow two-engine Cordership waiting to be discovered.
It's not impossible, but it would be a very lucky find, because the two-engine Cordership search space has already been covered -- not comprehensively by any means, but a lot of the likely options were tried by A for awesome (script here).

Theories about hypothetical narrow Corderships generally fall into the category of pattern vaporware known as "hand-waving" -- until you actually come up with a working pattern! You'll get a lot more interest if you can modify AforAmpere's search script somehow and use it to find a new 2-engine Cordership.

Otherwise... there are some technical reasons why Corderships become progressively less likely to exist as they have to fit in a narrower width. Again, not saying another 2-engine Cordership is impossible -- it's just, well, we all already have no shortage of hypothetical wild gooses to chase, and for the most part we're already chasing our favorite ones.

In other words, other people's wild theories won't usually distract anyone from spending time working on their own wild theories.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 15th, 2020, 4:52 pm

dvgrn wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 4:21 pm
MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 3:42 pm
... it certainly seems possible that there's a narrow two-engine Cordership waiting to be discovered.
It's not impossible, but it would be a very lucky find, because the two-engine Cordership search space has already been covered -- not comprehensively by any means, but a lot of the likely options were tried by A for awesome (script here).
Did the search include one switch engine being directly behind the other? If not, I might do a manual search of that.
dvgrn wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 4:21 pm
We all already have no shortage of hypothetical wild gooses to chase, and for the most part we're already chasing our favorite ones.

In other words, other people's wild theories won't usually distract anyone from spending time working on their own wild theories.
Yes but wwei23 appears to already be interested in finding small Corderships.



Edit: Here's a promising partial.

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x = 20, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
2bo$2ob2o$2ob2o$2o$2b2obo$3bo2bo$3bo2bo$4b2o12b2o$18b2o4$2b3o$13bo$2bobo7bobo$3bo7b2ob2o$4bo6b2ob2o$4b2o4b3o$bob2obo3b3o3bo$b4ob2o2b3o4bo$2b5o4b2o5bo$4b2o5b3o$12b2o$13b2o3$13bo$6b2o4b3o$6b2o3bo3bo$15b2o$14b2o!
It works if one manually replaces the blinker with a block (At least two positions work.) every 48 generations, which means that it's a spaceship in ContrivedLife (although technically everything is), but it shows promise that delaying the second switch engine by a few generations or so relative to the first one would result in a spaceship in ConwayLife.

Another edit: Here's a slightly less promising partial.

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x = 38, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3b3o$2b2ob2o$b2obobo$3o2b3o$bo6bo$2b5obo$3b4ob2o$8bo$7bo12b2o$20b2o3$5bo$3b2obo2$6bo$3bo2bo10bo$4bo11bobo$15b2ob2o$9b2o4b2ob2o$2b3o5b2o2b3o$9b2o3b3o3bo12b2o$9bo4b3o4bo11b2o$15b2o5bo$15b3o18b2o$16b2o18b2o$17b2o$32b2o$8b2o$8b2o7bo14b3o$16b3o13bobo$15bo3bo$19b2o13bo$18b2o13b2o$29b2o$29b2o6$21b2o$21b2o!
Third edit: Here's a third partial that is similar to the first in the sense that it only lacks a way to turn a blinker into a block.

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x = 24, y = 36, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4b3o$3b3obo$2bo3bo$b2o2bo2bo$3o2b4o$2bo3bo2bo$2bo6bo$4bo2bo$6b2ob2o$6bo14b2o$21b2o3$5b2o$7bo$5b2o2$18bo$17bobo$11bo4b2ob2o$11b2o3b2ob2o$3b3o4bob2ob3o$10bobo2b3o3bo$10b2o3b3o4bo$16b2o5bo$16b3o$17b2o$18b2o2$9b2o$9b2o7bo$17b3o$16bo3bo$20b2o$19b2o!
Last edited by MathAndCode on September 15th, 2020, 5:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 15th, 2020, 5:25 pm

MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 4:52 pm
Yes but wwei23 appears to already be interested in finding small Corderships.

It's not small corderships in particular. It's just that the big ones don't seem have any novel mechanisms compared to the small ones, as far as I know.
dvgrn wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 1:37 pm
I don't think anyone had even succeeded in making anything by overlapping two 2-engine Corderships.
Technically speaking, they were made by overlapping the halves of 4-engine corderships, though one was made from overlapping two block puffers. :P

As for 2-engine corderships, I have no idea. I've done an in-depth analysis of some of the 4-engine corderships, and they all involve debris canceling out through intermediate small internal objects (so basically everything except the blocks on the outside), but the 2-engine cordership has none, just direct cancelation.
EDIT: Fixed broken quote tag
Edit 2: Removed extra linebreaks.
Edit 3: There's a reason why I haven't been able to make a 3-engine version of my P192 cordership. It's because of the super intricate reaction in the middle that occurs instead of the usual cancelation reaction in other corderships.
Edit 4: Here's a quick explanation of what I did. There doesn't seem to be a wick in jslife that perfectly describes what I've done here, but this one is the best I could find.
If a 4-engine cordership is this,

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x = 40, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
b2o9b2o12b2o9b2o$bobo9bo12bo9bobo$3bo6b3o14b3o6bo$bob2ob2obo20bob2ob2o
bo$obo4bobo2b3o10b3o2bobo4bobo$obob2obo2b2o3bo2bo2bo2bo3b2o2bob2obobo$
bobobobo2b2o3b4o2b4o3b2o2bobobobo$3bo3b2o2bo3bo2bo2bo2bo3bo2b2o3bo$2b
2o2bo2b3o4b2o4b2o4b3o2bo2b2o$b3o5b3o3bo2bo2bo2bo3b3o5b3o$b3o5b3o3bo2bo
2bo2bo3b3o5b3o$2b2o2bo2b3o4b2o4b2o4b3o2bo2b2o$3bo3b2o2bo3bo2bo2bo2bo3b
o2b2o3bo$bobobobo2b2o3b4o2b4o3b2o2bobobobo$obob2obo2b2o3bo2bo2bo2bo3b
2o2bob2obobo$obo4bobo2b3o10b3o2bobo4bobo$bob2ob2obo20bob2ob2obo$3bo6b
3o14b3o6bo$bobo9bo12bo9bobo$b2o9b2o12b2o9b2o!
Then all I did was this.

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x = 34, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
b2o9b2o6b2o9b2o$bobo9bo6bo9bobo$3bo6b3o8b3o6bo$bob2ob2obo14bob2ob2obo$
obo4bobo2b3o4b3o2bobo4bobo$obob2obo2b2o3bo2bo3b2o2bob2obobo$bobobobo2b
2o3b4o3b2o2bobobobo$3bo3b2o2bo3bo2bo3bo2b2o3bo$2b2o2bo2b3o4b2o4b3o2bo
2b2o$b3o5b3o3bo2bo3b3o5b3o$b3o5b3o3bo2bo3b3o5b3o$2b2o2bo2b3o4b2o4b3o2b
o2b2o$3bo3b2o2bo3bo2bo3bo2b2o3bo$bobobobo2b2o3b4o3b2o2bobobobo$obob2ob
o2b2o3bo2bo3b2o2bob2obobo$obo4bobo2b3o4b3o2bobo4bobo$bob2ob2obo14bob2o
b2obo$3bo6b3o8b3o6bo$bobo9bo6bo9bobo$b2o9b2o6b2o9b2o!
It's not quite perfect because one can stabilize the fenceposts against each other, and because the repeating units don't flip over every half-period.

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x = 27, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
11b2ob2o$11bo3bo$b2o9b3o9b2o$bobo19bobo$3bo6b7o6bo$bob2ob2obo7bob2ob2o
bo$obo4bobo2b3o2bobo4bobo$obob2obo2b2o3b2o2bob2obobo$bobobobo2b2o3b2o
2bobobobo$3bo3b2o2bo3bo2b2o3bo$2b2o2bo2b3o3b3o2bo2b2o$b3o5b3o3b3o5b3o$
b3o5b3o3b3o5b3o$2b2o2bo2b3o3b3o2bo2b2o$3bo3b2o2bo3bo2b2o3bo$bobobobo2b
2o3b2o2bobobobo$obob2obo2b2o3b2o2bob2obobo$obo4bobo2b3o2bobo4bobo$bob
2ob2obo7bob2ob2obo$3bo6b7o6bo$bobo19bobo$b2o9b3o9b2o$11bo3bo$11b2ob2o!
Edit 5: Oops, accidentally put my RLE in a quote tag. It's fixed now.
Edit 6: I honestly fail to see why no one has thought of this before.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 15th, 2020, 6:08 pm

wwei23 wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 5:25 pm
It's not small corderships in particular. It's just that the big ones don't seem have any novel mechanisms compared to the small ones, as far as I know.

As for 2-engine corderships, I have no idea. I've done an in-depth analysis of some of the 4-engine corderships, and they all involve debris canceling out through intermediate small internal objects (so basically everything except the blocks on the outside), but the 2-engine cordership has none, just direct cancelation.
What do you think about my partials? I haven't found an actual narrow Cordership yet, but I was nowhere near thorough.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 15th, 2020, 6:13 pm

MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 6:08 pm
What do you think about my partials?
It's interesting.
EDIT: The correct rake might be able to support this, but I don't know how to get those two gliders that close together.

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x = 106, y = 36, rule = B3/S23
5bo69bo$4b2o68b2o$3b5o65b5o$2bo19bo49bo19bo$b2o5bo13bo48b2o5bo13bo$3ob
2o8bobo5bo47b3ob2o8bobo5bo$bobob2o2b2o3bobo54bobob2o2b2o3bobo$2bo2bo2b
2o5bo56bo2bo2b2o5bo$4b2o68b2o$6b2obo20b2o44b2obo20b2o$9bo12b3o5b2o47bo
12b3o5b2o$20b2o2bo65b2o2bo$21b3o67b3o$22bo69bo2$22b3o67b3o$20b7o6bo56b
7o6bo$19b9o4bo56b9o4bo$18bo7b3o2b2o55bo7b3o2b2o$19b3o6bo3bo2bo53b3o6bo
3bo2bo$6b2o12b2o11b3o54b2o11b3o$5bobo4b3o8bo10bo45b2o11bo10bo$7bo16bo
55b2o12bo$25bo69bo$10b3o$12bo$11bo3$18b2o$18b2o23b3o$40b2obobo$40bo2bo
bo$29bob2o5b3o$23b2o4bobo3b2ob2o$23b2o6b2ob3o2bo!
Edit 2: You "only" have to delete blinkers.

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x = 96, y = 36, rule = B3/S23
5bo49bo$4b2o48b2o$3b5o45b5o$2bo49bo19bo$b2o5bo42b2o5bo13bo$3ob2o8bobo
33b3ob2o8bobo5bo$bobob2o2b2o3bobo34bobob2o2b2o3bobo$2bo2bo2b2o5bo36bo
2bo2b2o5bo$4b2o48b2o$6b2obo20b2o24b2obo$9bo12b3o5b2o27bo12b3o$20b2o2bo
45b2o2bo$21b3o47b3o$22bo49bo2$22b3o47b3o$20b7o6bo36b7o6bo$19b9o4bo36b
9o4bo$18bo7b3o2b2o35bo7b3o2b2o$19b3o6bo3bo2bo33b3o6bo3bo2bo$20b2o11b3o
34b2o11b3o$23bo10bo38bo10bo$24bo49bo$25bo49bo6$68b2o$68b2o23b3o$90b2ob
obo$90bo2bobo$79bob2o5b3o$73b2o4bobo3b2ob2o$73b2o6b2ob3o2bo!
Edit 3: Here's a stabilization of that partial into a 10-engine Cordership:

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x = 146, y = 142, rule = B3/S23
64bo$47b3o8bo5bo$46bo3bo6bo7bo$47b2o9b4o2b2o$49b2ob2o9b3o$51b2o11bobo$
65bo7b2o$65bo7b2o5$74b2o$73bo2b2o$72b2o3bo3b2o$72b2obobo3b2o$70b3o2b2o
$69b3o$53b2o13b2o$53b2o9b2o2b2o2$64b2o2bo$66b3o2$54bobo$45bob3o4bobo$
43b2obo4bo5bo3b2o$45b2o4bo2bo2bo3b2o$51bo2bo2bo$50bo4bo$46bo2bo$47b2o$
63b3o8$61bobo2b2o$47bo4bobo6bo2b2o2bo$46bobo2b2o2b2o7b2o2bo$46bob4o2bo
bo5b2o2bobo$47bo6bobo$51bob3o5$54b2o$26bo27b2o$26bo$25bobo$2bo23b2o2bo
11b2o$bobo21bo5bo9bo2bo$bobo21bo5bo10b2o$bo2bo20bo4bo12bo25b2o$2bobo
24bo13bo25b2o$5bo20b3o13b2obo62bo$4b2o35b2o65bo$4bo13b2o25bo61bobo$18b
2o4b2ob2o12bob3o4b2o56b2o2bo11b2o$29bo12bo2bo4b2o55bo5bo9bo2bo$24b2o
16b3o62bo5bo10b2o$2bo23b3o78bo4bo12bo$bobo55bo51bo13bo$3bo54b3o47b3o
13b2obo$3bo53bo65b2o$3bo22b2o12b2o16b2ob2o64bo$26b2o15bo15b3ob2o41b2ob
2o12bob3o4b2o$4bo27bo7bo2bo17b4o46bo12bo2bo4b2o$2ob3o13bobo10bo8b2o63b
2o16b3o$2b3ob2o11bobo10bo8b2o65b3o$5bo16bo17bo2bo$22bo17bo52b3o$18b2ob
2o18b3o48bo31bo$17b3o37b2o32bo4b2o25b3o$16b2o39b2o31bo3bo27bob3o$16b2o
67bobo2bo2bo4bo23bo$14b3o59bob3o4bobo2bo3bo3bo24b5o15bo$6b2o5b3o58b2ob
o4bo5bo2b2obob3o27bob2o14b2o$6b2o4bo63b2o4bo2bo2bo5bo28bo3bobo$12bo2b
2o65bo2bo2bo6b4o31bo$13bo2bo64bo4bo10b2o24bo2b4o$13b3o61bo2bo43b2o$78b
2o2$119bo4b2o$14b2o102b2o3b3o$14b2o101bo3bo2b2o$117bo3bo$123bo$119bobo
b2o$121bobo$99b2o13bo$99b2o12bo$112bo2bo$112bo2bo$69b3o41b2o$68bo$67bo
4b2o$66bo3bo15b3o$66bo2bo4bo4b2o26b2o$66bo3bo3bo4b3obo23b2o$67b2obob3o
$70bo$71b4o20b2o$73b2o11bob2o5b2o$58bo27bo2bo$58bo27b3o$57bobo$58b2o2b
o11b2o$57bo5bo9bo2bo$57bo5bo10b2o$57bo4bo12bo$61bo13bo$58b3o13b2obo21b
o$73b2o23bo2bo$77bo20bo$56b2ob2o12bob3o25bo$61bo12bo2bo26bo$56b2o16b3o
25b2o$58b3o4$72b2o$75bo$72bo2bo$73b2o$73b2o$62b2o8bo2bo$62b2o8bo$73b3o
6$70b2o$70b2o!
Edit 4: It's actually two different 5-engine corderships.

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x = 197, y = 89, rule = B3/S23
55bo$54b3o$54bo2bo110bo7bo$54b3o110b3o5bobo$54b3o14b2o93b2ob4o2bo2bo$
53bob2obo12b2o94b3o2bo$54bo2b3o108bo2b2o2bo$54b4ob2o111b2obobo$55bob3o
116bo10b2o$57b3o10bo116b2o$58b2o10bo$71bo$69bobo7b2o$54b2o16bo6b2o$54b
2obo11bo$54b4o11bo2bo$56bo100b3o35b2o$72bo85bo13bo22b2o$70bo2b2o83bo2b
o9b4o6b2o$70b2obo84bo2bo8bo4bo4b3ob2o$70b2obobo83bobo7b2o10b2ob3o$70b
2obo96bobob2o4b3ob2o$68b2ob2o63bo34b3o6b2o$68b5o2b2o58b3o34bo$59b2o14b
2o57b2ob2o$59b2o74b3o20bo$136bo20bobo$48bo87bobo19bo$47b3o18b2o66b4o$
46b2ob2o17b2o69bo$47b3o11b3o92b4o$48bo21b3o62b2ob2o16b2o3bo$48bobo4bo
3bo5b6obo61bo5bo16bo4bo$48b4o3bo3bo12bo62bo3bo19bob2o$51bo4bob4o4b6o
64bo23bo$70bo$47b2ob2o$46bo5bo$47bo3bo$48bo$133b3o$73bo2b2o56bo27b2o$
134bo2bo24b2o$73bobo58bo2bo$71b3o6bo54bobo38b2o$71b2o7bo69b2o23bobo$
72bo2b2o73b2o23bobo$69b3o3b2o97bo$52b2o14b2o5bo99b4o$52b2o13b3o106b3o$
65b2o2b3ob2o59b2o$65b2obo2b3o$64b2o6bo45bo7bo24bo$65bo2bo48b3o5bobo23b
o6b2o$29bo7bo28b3o47b2ob4o2bo2bo29b2o$28b3o5bobo78b3o2bo28bo$27b2ob4o
2bo2bo20b2o56bo2b2o2bo24bobo$28b3o2bo26b2o60b2obobo22bo$29bo2b2o2bo89b
o25b2o$33b2obobo114bo$37bo10b2o100b3o$5bo42b2o101b2o$b4ob2o5b3o132bo$
2ob3ob2o4b3o16b2o41b2o71b2o$bob3obo7b2o17bo40b2o71b2o$2bo3b4o4b2o130b
2o$5b2ob3o23bo30b3o76b2o$6b5o13b2o6b3o30bobo54bo21b2obo$7bo16b2o8bo21b
2o6bo3bo52b4o6b2o13b2o$30bo3bo21b2o6bo3bo51bo4bo4b3ob2o$30bo33bo54b2o
10b2ob3o4bo$30bo33bo4b2o49bobob2o4b3ob2o3b4o$52bo11bo6bo49b3o6b2o7b2o
2bo$32bo17b4o11bo5bo50bo15bo4bo$32bobo15b2o2bo10b2o70b2obob2o$32bobo
14bo4bo12bo3bo64b4o$22b2o4b2o2bobo13b2obob2o13bobo65b4o$12bob2o6b2o4b
2o2bobo12b4o88b2o$9b2o7b4obo7b2ob2o11bo2bo74b2o13b2o$4b2o5b2o6b5o7bo2b
o9b2obo2b2o73b2o12bo$4b2o7bobobo4b2o7b3o10b3o4b2o$18b4o19bob2o5b2o83b
3o$18bo31bo$20bo2b2o18bo2b3o84bo4bo$23b2o16bo4b2o85bo$41bo95b2o$134b2o
b2o$12b2o122bo$12b2o30b2o!
Edit 5: I see what's going on now.
A switch engine's exhaust is composed of a blinker, and a B-heptomino. You have done a great job of removing the B-heptomino with that other switch engine, that was brilliant and I likely would have never thought to do that. However, what you're missing is a way to delete the blinker. If you let the B-heptomino evolve enough, it will make a Herschel like usual, but will also turn the blinker into a block, and this block will be out of the way of the front of the partial/ship. Now, you will have to find a similar way to cancel the Herschel with the back switch engine, and then figure out how to cancel out its exhaust. I suspect that it may be possible to use the blocks from the front engine, but I have no idea. In the end, there may be no way to do this. Don't give up hope yet.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 15th, 2020, 8:03 pm

wwei23 wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 6:13 pm
A switch engine's exhaust is composed of a blinker, and a B-heptomino. You have done a great job of removing the B-heptomino with that other switch engine, that was brilliant and I likely would have never thought to do that. However, what you're missing is a way to delete the blinker. If you let the B-heptomino evolve enough, it will make a Herschel like usual, but will also turn the blinker into a block, and this block will be out of the way of the front of the partial/ship. Now, you will have to find a similar way to cancel the Herschel with the back switch engine, and then figure out how to cancel out its exhaust. I suspect that it may be possible to use the blocks from the front engine, but I have no idea. In the end, there may be no way to do this. Don't give up hope yet.
I think that I have an idea of another way to do this. The switch engine produces several sparks, such as this one:

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = LifeHistory
14.2D2$13.D3.D$18.D$19.D$2.D$D$D2$2.D$3.D$4.D2$10.D$8.D5.A.A$8.D4.A$14.A2.A$10.D5.3A$11.D$12.D!
#C [[ T 16 PAUSE 0.5 T 64 PAUSE 0.5 T 112 PAUSE 0.5 ]]
Because it's sent out to the side of the switch engine's immediate path instead of in front of it, it might be useful for deleting the Herschel.

Unfortunately, it's unlikely that we'll get a spaceship out of this instead of just puffers, but trying can't hurt.
I am tentatively considering myself back.

wwei23

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 15th, 2020, 8:46 pm

MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 8:03 pm
I think that I have an idea of another way to do this. The switch engine produces several sparks, such as this one:

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = LifeHistory
14.2D2$13.D3.D$18.D$19.D$2.D$D$D2$2.D$3.D$4.D2$10.D$8.D5.A.A$8.D4.A$14.A2.A$10.D5.3A$11.D$12.D!
#C [[ T 16 PAUSE 0.5 T 64 PAUSE 0.5 T 112 PAUSE 0.5 ]]
Because it's sent out to the side of the switch engine's immediate path instead of in front of it, it might be useful for deleting the Herschel.

Unfortunately, it's unlikely that we'll get a spaceship out of this instead of just puffers, but trying can't hurt.
I think I found a way to kill the Herschel, but I don't think it lines up right.

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x = 30, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
24bo$23b3o$16bo6bo2bo$16bobo4b3o$o2bo12b3o4b3o$b3ob3o10bo3bob2obo$b2ob
obo16bo2b3o$3b3o17b4ob2o$4b2o18bob3o$26b3o$27b2o!
Edit: Not even close.

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x = 33, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$3bo2bo4bo$o2b3obo2bobo$o2bo4b4o$o2bo$3bo6bo$2b2obo$10bo$8b2o7$27b
o$26b3o$19bo6bo2bo$19bobo4b3o$3bo2bo12b3o4b3o$4b3ob3o10bo3bob2obo$4b2o
bobo16bo2b3o$6b3o17b4ob2o$7b2o18bob3o$29b3o$30b2o!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 15th, 2020, 8:53 pm

wwei23 wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 8:46 pm
I think I found a way to kill the Herschel, but I don't think it lines up right.

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x = 30, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
24bo$23b3o$16bo6bo2bo$16bobo4b3o$o2bo12b3o4b3o$b3ob3o10bo3bob2obo$b2ob
obo16bo2b3o$3b3o17b4ob2o$4b2o18bob3o$26b3o$27b2o!
Theoretically, it doesn't have to line up with the first switch engine, but I think that we should examine all of those possibilities first because if the amalgamation is replaced with its glide reflection every 48 generations, then it only has to rely on one mechanism for stability instead of relying on two different mechanisms both working.
I tried a few possibilities with the two switch engines lined up and didn't find anything that worked, but I'm sure that I wasn't completely thorough. This might be better done with automation, i.e. a computer search.



Edit: Speaking of glide-reflective stabilizations of switch engines, this keeps both of its switch engines for over 1,000 generations, so it's probably stabilizable.

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x = 41, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
29bo$12b3o8bo5bo$11bo3bo6bo7bo$12b2o9b4o2b2o$14b2ob2o9b3o$16b2o11bobo$30bo8b2o$30bo8b2o5$b3o$o3bo$b2o$3b2ob2o$5b2o2$19b2o$19b2o10$8b2o$8b2o!
Of course, lots of switch engine stabilizations exist, but there are many different possibilities for the relative placement and timing, so maybe this particular setup has not been investigated yet.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » September 15th, 2020, 9:00 pm

Here are a few things that should probably be mentioned as prior art, so that everybody knows they're possible and nobody reinvents any wheels.

First is David Bell's individual-switch-engine technology. It probably doesn't make sense to invent things that require two gliders per cycle to support a switch engine, since there are known ways to do that with just one sideways glider per cycle.

This improbable old reaction from Golly's Patterns/Miscellaneous/Cambrian-Explosion.rle also comes to mind, though maybe it isn't really particularly relevant:

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x = 343, y = 348, rule = B3/S23
48bo$47b3o$46b2ob2o$45b2obobo$44b3o2b3o$45bo6bo$46b5obo$47b4ob2o$52bo$
51bo12b2o$64b2o3$49bo$47b2obo2$50bo$47bo2bo21b2o$48bo23b2o2$53b2o$46b
3o5b2o$53b2o$40b3o10bo$39bo3bo$38bo4bo$37bo3bo$37bo2bob3o$37bo7bo$39bo
3bobo$39bo3bob2o$41b3ob2o5$41b2o$26b3o12b2o$25bo3bo12bo$24bo4bo$23bo3b
o14bo$23bo2bob3o$23bo7bo$25bo3bobo8bo5bobo$4bo20bo3bob2o7bo7bo$3b3o21b
3ob2o7bo4bo2bo$2b2ob2o37bo2bo$b2obobo$3o2b3o34b3o$bo6bo$2b5obo$3b4ob2o
$8bo$7bo12b2o$20b2o3$5bo$3b2obo15b2obob2o$21b2obo3bo$6bo15bobobobo$3bo
2bo16bo$4bo2$9b2o$2b3o5b2o$9b2o$9bo11b4o30bo$20bob2o32bo$20bobo31b3o2$
15bo$13bo2b2o$8b2o3bo2b4o$8b2o3bob2obo$16b2obo60bo$16bo61bobo$14bo4bo
59b2o$14b3o$14b2ob3o$17b3o$16bobo$16b2o17$87bo$88bo$86b3o6$112bo$110bo
bo$111b2o13$127b2o2$126bo3bo$131bo$124bo7bo$123bo4bo$124bobobo4bo$124b
o8bo$125bo4b2obo$119bo6bob2ob3o$120bo6b3ob2o$118b3o23b2o$144b2o5$144bo
$142bobo$143b2o7b2o$152b2o$134b2o$127bo5bo2b2o$127bo4b3o2bo$127bo4bo4b
o$132b5o$133b2o$160b2o$160b2o3$132b2o$132b2o3$168b2o$168b2o3$140b2o$
140b2o$151bo$152bo$150b3o23b2o$176b2o3$148b2o$148b2o$176bo$174bobo$
175b2o7b2o$184b2o3$156b2o$156b2o3$192b2o$192b2o3$164b2o$164b2o3$200b2o
$200b2o3$172b2o$172b2o$183bo$184bo$182b3o23b2o$208b2o3$180b2o$180b2o$
208bo$206bobo$207b2o7b2o$216b2o3$188b2o$188b2o3$224b2o$224b2o3$196b2o$
196b2o25b2o2$222bo3bo$227bo4b2o$220bo7bo3b2o$219bo4bo$220bobobo4bo$
204b2o14bo8bo$204b2o15bo4b2obo$215bo6bob2ob3o$216bo6b3ob2o$214b3o4$
212b2o$212b2o$240bo$238bobo$239b2o22$247bo$248bo$246b3o6$272bo$270bobo
$271b2o22$279bo$280bo$278b3o6$304bo$302bobo$303b2o22$311bo$312bo$310b
3o4$324bo$322b2ob2o$324bo11bo$334bobo2b2o$335b2obo2bo$325b2o11b2ob2o$
324bo2bo11bo$323b2o3bo10b3o$323bo4bo$323bo3bo$324bo2bo$325bo2$341bo$
337bo3bo$338bo2bo$334b2o2b2ob2o$334b2o3bobo$340bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 15th, 2020, 9:20 pm

dvgrn wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 9:00 pm
This improbable old reaction from Golly's Patterns/Miscellaneous/Cambrian-Explosion.rle also comes to mind, though maybe it isn't really particularly relevant:

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x = 343, y = 348, rule = B3/S23
48bo$47b3o$46b2ob2o$45b2obobo$44b3o2b3o$45bo6bo$46b5obo$47b4ob2o$52bo$
51bo12b2o$64b2o3$49bo$47b2obo2$50bo$47bo2bo21b2o$48bo23b2o2$53b2o$46b
3o5b2o$53b2o$40b3o10bo$39bo3bo$38bo4bo$37bo3bo$37bo2bob3o$37bo7bo$39bo
3bobo$39bo3bob2o$41b3ob2o5$41b2o$26b3o12b2o$25bo3bo12bo$24bo4bo$23bo3b
o14bo$23bo2bob3o$23bo7bo$25bo3bobo8bo5bobo$4bo20bo3bob2o7bo7bo$3b3o21b
3ob2o7bo4bo2bo$2b2ob2o37bo2bo$b2obobo$3o2b3o34b3o$bo6bo$2b5obo$3b4ob2o
$8bo$7bo12b2o$20b2o3$5bo$3b2obo15b2obob2o$21b2obo3bo$6bo15bobobobo$3bo
2bo16bo$4bo2$9b2o$2b3o5b2o$9b2o$9bo11b4o30bo$20bob2o32bo$20bobo31b3o2$
15bo$13bo2b2o$8b2o3bo2b4o$8b2o3bob2obo$16b2obo60bo$16bo61bobo$14bo4bo
59b2o$14b3o$14b2ob3o$17b3o$16bobo$16b2o17$87bo$88bo$86b3o6$112bo$110bo
bo$111b2o13$127b2o2$126bo3bo$131bo$124bo7bo$123bo4bo$124bobobo4bo$124b
o8bo$125bo4b2obo$119bo6bob2ob3o$120bo6b3ob2o$118b3o23b2o$144b2o5$144bo
$142bobo$143b2o7b2o$152b2o$134b2o$127bo5bo2b2o$127bo4b3o2bo$127bo4bo4b
o$132b5o$133b2o$160b2o$160b2o3$132b2o$132b2o3$168b2o$168b2o3$140b2o$
140b2o$151bo$152bo$150b3o23b2o$176b2o3$148b2o$148b2o$176bo$174bobo$
175b2o7b2o$184b2o3$156b2o$156b2o3$192b2o$192b2o3$164b2o$164b2o3$200b2o
$200b2o3$172b2o$172b2o$183bo$184bo$182b3o23b2o$208b2o3$180b2o$180b2o$
208bo$206bobo$207b2o7b2o$216b2o3$188b2o$188b2o3$224b2o$224b2o3$196b2o$
196b2o25b2o2$222bo3bo$227bo4b2o$220bo7bo3b2o$219bo4bo$220bobobo4bo$
204b2o14bo8bo$204b2o15bo4b2obo$215bo6bob2ob3o$216bo6b3ob2o$214b3o4$
212b2o$212b2o$240bo$238bobo$239b2o22$247bo$248bo$246b3o6$272bo$270bobo
$271b2o22$279bo$280bo$278b3o6$304bo$302bobo$303b2o22$311bo$312bo$310b
3o4$324bo$322b2ob2o$324bo11bo$334bobo2b2o$335b2obo2bo$325b2o11b2ob2o$
324bo2bo11bo$323b2o3bo10b3o$323bo4bo$323bo3bo$324bo2bo$325bo2$341bo$
337bo3bo$338bo2bo$334b2o2b2ob2o$334b2o3bobo$340bo!
The Cordership in the middle appears to rely on the gliders (although I thought that glider Heisenburgs are impossible). If I actually messed something else up, so the middle spaceship works by itself and does not have glider Heisenburgs, then the middle spaceship (or a shortened version) is exactly what I was looking for.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 15th, 2020, 9:28 pm

dvgrn wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 9:00 pm
Here are a few things that should probably be mentioned as prior art, so that everybody knows they're possible and nobody reinvents any wheels.
Thanks for letting us know!
By the way, there is a cordership that can demonstrate this Herschel-killing mechanism.

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x = 187, y = 148, rule = B3/S23
28bo$27bobo$26b2ob2o$3b3o20b2ob2o$2bo3bo18b3o$bo4bo18b3o3bo12b2o$o3bo
20b3o4bo11b2o$o2bob3o18b2o5bo$o7bo17b3o$2bo3bobo18b2o$2bo3bob2o18b2o$
4b3ob2o33b2o$20b2o$20b2o6bo14b3o6b2o$27b3o13bobo6b2o$26bo3bo$4b2o24b2o
13bo$4b2o23b2o13b2o$5bo38b2o2$5bo22b2o13b2o$28b2o13b3o$41b3o$3bo5b3o
21b3o5bo$3bo7bo$3bo5bobo10b2o16b3o$9b2o10bo2bo15bo$20bo3bo15b3o$22b2o
35b2o$59b2o$16bo$14b2o$8b2o2b2o5bo$8b2o4b2o$18bo92bo$15b4o88b4ob2o5b3o
$14bobo37b2o11b2o37b2ob3ob2o4b3o$13bo2b2obo35bo2bo4bo3b2o38bob3obo7b2o
$14bo4bo32bo2b3obo2bobo43bo3b4o4b2o$15bo36bo2bo4b4o47b2ob3o$16bo2bo32b
o2bo56b5o13b2o$16b2o37bo6bo50bo16b2o$54b2obo$62bo37bo$60b2o$104bo2$96b
3obo$96b3obo37b2o$97bo8b2o18b3ob3o5b2o$98bo3b3ob2o10bo6b4obo2bo$79bo
19bo6bo8b2o4bo2bobo$78b3o19bobobobo3b2o5b2o3bo10bo$71bo6bo2bo19bo8b2o
7bob2o3b3o$71bobo4b3o46b2o2b2o$55bo2bo12b3o4b3o$56b3ob3o10bo3bob2obo$
56b2obobo16bo2b3o$58b3o17b4ob2o$59b2o18bob3o$81b3o$82b2o2$62b2o43b3o$
62b2o14b2o25bo3b2o$78b2o2bo16b3o3bobo2b2o$59b3o16b4o2bo19bo5bo$58bo3bo
17b2o3bo19bo2b2o$57bo4bo20bo21bo$56bo3bo$56bo2bob3o$56bo7bo$58bo3bobo$
58bo3bob2o39b2o$60b3ob2o39b2o19b3o$76b2o47bo$76b2o46bo4b2o$123bo3bo15b
3o$123bo2bo4bo4b2o$123bo3bo3bo4b3obo$124b2obob3o$127bo$51bobo45b2o27b
4o20b2o$42bob3o4bobo30b2o13bobo28b2o11bob2o5b2o$40b2obo4bo5bo29b2o13bo
43bo2bo$42b2o4bo2bo2bo62bo25b3o$48bo2bo2bo61bobo14bo18bo$47bo4bo62bo3b
o12bobo17bo4bo$43bo2bo31b2o35bo3bo8bob2o2bo16bobo2bobo$44b2o31bo2bo34b
obob3o4b2o3bobo17bobobo3bo$76bo3bo35b2obo2bo5bob3o17bo4b3o2b2o$78b2o
40bobo32bobo3bo$120b2o32b2o$71b2o79bo4b2obo$70bo32b2o27b2o13b2o$69b2o
3bo57b2o13b2o$102bo3bo$71b2ob2o31bo$59b2o39bo7bo6b2o$44bo4bobo6bo2bobo
bo4bo2b3o23bo4bo10bobo$43bobo2b2o2b2o3b3obo4bo2b3o2bo25bobobo4bo5bo19b
o$43bob4o2bobo4b2obo4bo2b3o28bo8bo24bobo$44bo6bobo5bob2o2bo35bo4b2obo
24bo2bo$48bob3o8bobobo36bob2ob3o25bobo$62bo2bo37b3ob2o18b3o5b3o$62b2ob
o61bo$64bo62b2obo$129b2o34bo$51b2o52bo51b3o3b4o$51b2o36b3o13bo51bobo3b
2ob2o$98bo6bo51b3o2bo$91b2o5b3o61b2o3bo$91b4o4bo63b4o$91b2ob3ob2o9bo
54b3o10b2o$96bobo9b2o67b2o$107bo$108bo$129b2o$129b2o$61bo$62bo57b2o32b
o$62bo57bo17b2ob2o6bob2o2b2o28b2o$118bobo17b2o8bob5o30b2o$118b2o18b2ob
obo5bo4b2o$141bobo11bobo$142b2o$155b3o23b2o$179b2o2bo$128b2o50bob2o$
128bo49bob2o$126bobo47b4o$126b2o47bobo$172bob3o4bo$171bobo2bo3bo$175bo
$162b3o8b3o$136b2o22b2ob2o4b2o$136bo22b7o3b2o$134bobo7b2o19b2o$134b2o
8b2o13b3o2b2o$159bo3b2o$159b2obo$160bo4$152b2o$152b2o!
This also demonstrates one of my favorite ways of cleaning up debris: Hitting it head-on with a 2-engine cordership. It's actually surprisingly effective!
MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 8:53 pm
This might be better done with automation, i.e. a computer search.
I agree that a computer search would help. However, you can't just blindly place two switch engines, you might need an extra bit of debris to get it going. For example, removing everything in a 2-engine cordership except for the switch engines will not get you a 2-engine cordership. However, an extra block in just the right place will do the trick.

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x = 198, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
3b3o77b3o95b3o$3bobo77bobo95bobo$3b3o77b3o95b3o$166b2o$164b2o2bo$2b2o
78b2o80b2ob2o11b2o$b2ob2o75b2ob2o78bo14b2ob2o$2o2b2o74b2o2b2o80b2o10b
2o2b2o$2o3b2o73b2o3b2o70b2o7bo11b2o3b2o$2o2b2o74b2o2b2o71b2o19b2o2b2o$
2bobo77bobo95bobo4$164b3o$165bob3o$16bobo77bobo54bo10b2ob2o11bo4bobo6b
obo$19bo79bo52bobo9b2ob2o10bo5bobo9bo$15bo2bo76bo2bo51b2o2bo11bo12bo6b
o6bo2bo$14b3o77b3o53bo2b3o36b3o$150b3o6b4o$157b3ob2o$157b2o2bo2bo$158b
o3b3o$159bo2bo2bo$81b2o80bobo$81b2o80b2o2$169b3o$168bo4bo$168b2obo$
172b3o$181bo$176bobobo9b2o$176bo3b5o5b2o$176bo2bo2b2o$177b2o5$182b2o$
182b2o!
You will also need to try all phases, there appears to be no such block for this phase:

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x = 21, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
2bo$b4o3b3o$2ob2o3bobo$5bo2b3o$o3b2o$b4o$b3o7$19bo$18bobo2$17bo2bo$17b
2o$17bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » September 15th, 2020, 9:31 pm

MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 9:20 pm
The Cordership in the middle appears to rely on the gliders (although I thought that glider Heisenburgs are impossible).
Nope, you're right about the Cordership thing in the middle, but not so much about glider Heisenburps. The thing that's impossible is stable glider Heisenburps. Spaceships like MWSSes or HWSSes have sparks that can activate some stable thing off to the side, without damaging the *WSS. Gliders don't have any side sparks at all, so a glider that starts up a signal in any kind of circuitry is pretty much bound to get destroyed in the process. It may get re-created later, but that's another kind of mechanism (called a "pseudo-Heisenburp").

That switch engine in the middle is p96, so it's just as much okay for it to Heisenburp a glider (or is the glider Heisenburping it? Mutual Heisenburpification, I guess) as for any of the classic Heisenburp mechanisms to do their work without ever touching the glider. See for example the four patterns in Golly's Patterns/Life/Signal-Circuitry that start with "heisen". Except for MikeP's "Heisenblinker", there's always a complete ring of OFF cells all the way around the glider that gets Heisenburped.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 15th, 2020, 9:42 pm

wwei23 wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 9:28 pm
MathAndCode wrote:
September 15th, 2020, 8:53 pm
This might be better done with automation, i.e. a computer search.
I agree that a computer search would help. However, you can't just blindly place two switch engines, you might need an extra bit of debris to get it going. For example, removing everything in a 2-engine cordership except for the switch engines will not get you a 2-engine cordership. However, an extra block in just the right place will do the trick.
The more possibilities, the less feasible a manual search becomes. I'd probably have the computer place random 12×12 soups behind the switch engines instead of putting a block in a random position, but your method will likely have the same effect.
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 16th, 2020, 12:35 am

@MathAndCode: I'm currently running an apgsearch of two switch engiens and a block, after discovering a bug in the previous implementation that put switch engines twice as far apart as they were supposed to be, although I also had to make the program move the switch engines apart a bit since it was placing them literally on top of each other way too often.
EDIT: Partial stabilized into a 10-engine cordership (for real this time):

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x = 123, y = 124, rule = B3/S23
58bo2$54bo2$58bob3o$58bob3o$51b2o8bo$51b2ob3o3bo$52bo6bo$52bobobobo$
40b2o15bo$40b2o6$73bo$32b2o29b3o5b2ob4o$32b2o29b3o4b2ob3ob2o$62b2o7bob
3obo$63b2o4b4o3bo$38bobo27b3ob2o$37bo2bo27b5o$37bo3bo29bo$37bo2bo$38b
3o2$47bo$46bobo$45b2o$41b3ob2ob2o$44b2o2bo6b2o$40bo6b3o5b2o6b2obo$49bo
5bob4o7b2o$41b2o12b5o6b2o5b2o$56bo4bobobo7b2o$51b2o2b2ob3o$51bob2o5bo$
53b2o3bo$51bo$52bo$52bobo$65b2o$65b2o6bo$28b3o41b3o$19bo6b7o38bob3o$
20bo4b9o38bo3bo$20b2o2b3o7bo35bo2bo2b2o$17bo2bo3bo6b3o36b4o2b3o$17b3o
11b2o36bo2bo3bo$18bo10bo39bo6bo30bo$8b2o18bo42bo2bo22b3o5b2ob4o$8b2o
17bo40b2ob2o24b3o4b2ob3ob2o$72bo23b2o7bob3obo$97b2o4b4o3bo$56bo45b3ob
2o$54b2o31b2o13b5o$42bo29b2o13b2o16bo$42bo28bo$2o5b3o23bo8bo29b2o44bo$
2o5bobob2o20bobo$7bobo2bo19bo3bo2b3o18bo53bo$12b3o5b2obo10b5obo18bobo$
13b2ob2o3bobo4b2o4bo23b2ob2o4bo50bob3o$13bo2b3ob2o6b2o8b2o18b2ob2o3b2o
11b2o37bob3o$61b3ob2obo4b3o3b2o5b3ob3o18b2o8bo$57bo3b3o2bobo16bo2bob4o
6bo10b2ob3o3bo$56bo4b3o3b2o23bobo2bo4b2o8bo6bo$55bo5b2o22bo10bo3b2o5b
2o3bobobobo$60b3o27b3o3b2obo7b2o8bo$60b2o24b2o2b2o$59b2o$59bo$31bo27b
2o$29b4o28bo$28bob5o24bobo$27b2o6bo2b3o17bobo$28b3obo3bo21b2o$29b2o2bo
bo$109b3o$108b2o3bo$66bo40b2o2bobo3b3o$66bo41bo5bo$57bo8bo42b2o2bo$33b
2o22bobo53bo$33b2o21bo3bo2b3o$58b5obo$58bo$45b2o15b2o$45b2o65b2o$112b
2o4$78b3o$69bo6b7o$37b2o31bo4b9o$37b2o31b2o2b3o7bo$67bo2bo3bo6b3o$67b
3o11b2o$44bo23bo10bo$41bo4bo31bo$41bo5bo29bo$41bo$43bo2bo$43b3o$51bo$
50b4o$47bob2ob3o$50bo2b2o$46bo2bo4bo5bo$46bob2o3bo5bo4bo$53bo5b2o3bo5b
2obo$73bo4b2o$57b2o6bo5bo6b2o$56b7ob3o$56bo5b2ob2o$58b2o$56bo$56bo2bo$
58bo$70b2o$70b2o!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by PC101 » September 17th, 2020, 11:39 am

Some reactions I found in golly while playing around (all of which are based on the leftmost reaction):

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x = 531, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
b2o27b3o17bo39b2o38bo49b2o37b2o45bo40b2o21bo47b2o26b2o27b2o30b2o29b2o
29b2o$o2bo26bo2bo16b3o38bo38b3o37bo9b2o28bo8b2o43b3o40bo22b3o44bo2bo
25b2o27b2o30b2o29b2o29b2o$o2bo26bo2bo19bo37bobo39bo36b3o37b3o50bo26bo
14bobo25bo43bo2bo$3o27b3o19b2o38b2o38b2o39bo39bo36bo12b2o25b3o12b2o25b
2o43b3o$172b2o38b2o36b3o40bo52b2o$61b2o190bo38b2o52b2o$60bo2bo38b2o38b
2o108b2o88b2o$60bo2bo37bo2bo36bo2bo37b2o38b2o117bo2bo63b2o28b2o28b2o
28b2o28b2o$2o28b2o28b3o38bo2bo36bo2bo36bo2bo36bo2bo77b2o37bo2bo25b2o5b
2o28bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo$2o28b2o69b3o37b3o37bo2bo36bo2bo
37b2o37bo2bo36b3o27bo5b2o28bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo$181b3o37b
3o37bo2bo36bo2bo102b3o27b3o27b3o27b3o27b3o$261bo2bo36b3o$261b3o$60b2o$
60b2o39b2o38b2o198b2o$101b2o38b2o38b2o38b2o118b2o57b2o5b2o21b2o5b2o21b
2o5b2o21b2o5b2o21b2o5b2o$181b2o38b2o78b2o97b2o5b2o21b2o5b2o21b2o5b2o
21b2o5b2o21b2o5b2o$261b2o38b2o$261b2o!
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Layz Boi » September 18th, 2020, 10:59 pm

I failed to stabilize a reaction in the oscillator thread using gliders, but then there was this similar, higher-period reaction:

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x = 184, y = 171, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o180bo$2o179b2o$182b2o6$174bo$11bo162bobo$9bobo162b2o$10b2o6$17bo
bo$18b2o144bobo$18bo145b2o$165bo5$157bo$28bo127bo$29bo126b3o$27b3o6$35b
o$36b2o110bo$35b2o109b2o$147b2o6$139bo$46bo92bobo$44bobo92b2o$45b2o6$
52bobo$53b2o74bobo$53bo75b2o$130bo5$122bo$63bo57bo$64bo56b3o$62b3o6$70b
o$71b2o40bo$70b2o39b2o$112b2o6$95bo8bo$81bo13b2o7bobo$79bobo9bo3bo3b2o
3b2o$80b2o8b2o3bo4bo$91bo4b2ob2o$96b3o2$96b3o$91bo4b2ob2o$80b2o8b2o3b
o4bo$79bobo9bo3bo3b2o3b2o$81bo13b2o7bobo$95bo8bo6$112b2o$70b2o39b2o$71b
2o40bo$70bo6$62b3o$64bo56b3o$63bo57bo$122bo5$130bo$53bo75b2o$53b2o74b
obo$52bobo6$45b2o$44bobo92b2o$46bo92bobo$139bo6$147b2o$35b2o109b2o$36b
2o110bo$35bo6$27b3o$29bo126b3o$28bo127bo$157bo5$165bo$18bo145b2o$18b2o
144bobo$17bobo6$10b2o$9bobo162b2o$11bo162bobo$174bo6$182b2o$2o179b2o$
b2o180bo$o!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 21st, 2020, 5:43 pm

A honey farm predecessor reacting with a block edgeshoots a block a long way off.

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4bo$5bo$6bo2$4b2o$5bo!
I am tentatively considering myself back.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 21st, 2020, 5:51 pm

Is this 2c/5 known or did I miss it in jslife?

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x = 10, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
2bo$b3o$bo2bo$2b3o$bo$2ob5o$2ob2o3bo$6bo2bo$5bo2bo$3bobob2o$3bo$8bo$4b
o4bo$4bo3bo$4bo$4bo$5bo$3b2o$3b3o$5bo$3bo2bo$3bobobo$5b3o$5b2o$6bo$4bo
bo$3bo2bo$3bobo$3bo$5bo$4bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » September 21st, 2020, 5:56 pm

wwei23 wrote:
September 21st, 2020, 5:51 pm
Is this 2c/5 known or did I miss it in jslife?

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x = 10, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
2bo$b3o$bo2bo$2b3o$bo$2ob5o$2ob2o3bo$6bo2bo$5bo2bo$3bobob2o$3bo$8bo$4b
o4bo$4bo3bo$4bo$4bo$5bo$3b2o$3b3o$5bo$3bo2bo$3bobobo$5b3o$5b2o$6bo$4bo
bo$3bo2bo$3bobo$3bo$5bo$4bo!
It's under "64" in Golly's Patterns/Life/Spaceships/2c5-orthogonal.rle. The phase you posted isn't the minimum population.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by wwei23 » September 22nd, 2020, 10:34 am

Is this P8 lightspeed bubble known? I don't know of any collections of lightspeed bubbles.

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x = 99, y = 100, rule = B3/S23:T100,100
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This one, too.

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x = 99, y = 100, rule = B3/S23:T100,100
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bobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobo45bobobobobobobobobobobobo
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bobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo2bo8b3o16bo2bobobobo
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bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$obobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
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bobobobobo!
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 22nd, 2020, 11:48 am

MathAndCode wrote:
September 21st, 2020, 5:43 pm
A honey farm predecessor reacting with a block edgeshoots a block a long way off.

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4bo$5bo$6bo2$4b2o$5bo!
Here's a similar example:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$o$o5bo$7bo$7bo2$5b2o$5bo!
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by dvgrn » September 22nd, 2020, 12:20 pm

MathAndCode wrote:
September 22nd, 2020, 11:48 am
MathAndCode wrote:
September 21st, 2020, 5:43 pm
A honey farm predecessor reacting with a block edgeshoots a block a long way off.

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4bo$5bo$6bo2$4b2o$5bo!
Here's a similar example:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$o$o5bo$7bo$7bo2$5b2o$5bo!
A LifeHistory version of the first example, to show how good it is -- I think this one has been seen quite often before:

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x = 22, y = 30, rule = LifeHistory
8.B$3.2C5B$3.2C4BC2B$5.3BC2.3B$4.5BC.4B$4.10B$4.3B2C5B$4.4BC4B$5.7B$
5.6B$5.5B$2A3.6B$.A2.7B2.2A$A3.7B3.A$2A2.6B3.A$.A2.6B3.2A$A4.5B4.A$2A
3.6B2.A$.A3.6B2.A.A2.2A$A4.6B3.2A2.A2.A$2A2.7B5.2A2.2A$.A3.6B3.2A$A5.
4B3.A.A$2A4.B2DB3.A$2.A4.2D3.2A$2.3A6.A$5.A5.A.3A$4.2A4.2A.A2.A$6.2A.
A5.2A$6.A.2A!
One good way to find decent edgeshooter reactions for various objects is to fire up slmake and build a target pattern with a high-bit-count still life restricting the options, just like the above example. 32 bits or more I think is the current safe limit, where slsparse knows that the object is to be treated as an obstacle and not as something to try to build. Either

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x = 89, y = 102, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobob2o$o2bob2o$obo$bo58$74b2o$73bo2bo$72bob2obo$71bobo2bobo$71bob
o2bobo$72bob2obo$73bo2bo$74b2o11$67b2o$68bo12b2o$67bo14bo$67b2o11bo$
68bo11b2o$67bo13bo$67b2o11bo$68bo11b2o$67bo13bo$67b2o11bo$68bo11bobo2b
2o$67bo13b2o2bo2bo$67b2o14b2o2b2o$68bo12b2o$67bo12bobo$67b2o5b2o4bo$
69bo4b2o3b2o$69b3o6bo$72bo5bob3o$71b2o4b2obo2bo$73b2obo5b2o$73bob2o!
or

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x = 89, y = 102, rule = LifeHistory
2.A$.A.A.2A$A2.A.2A$A.A$.A61$74.2D$74.2D14$67.2A$68.A12.2A$67.A14.A$
67.2A11.A$68.A11.2A$67.A13.A$67.2A11.A$68.A11.2A$67.A13.A$67.2A11.A$
68.A11.A.A2.2A$67.A13.2A2.A2.A$67.2A14.2A2.2A$68.A12.2A$67.A12.A.A$
67.2A5.2A4.A$69.A4.2A3.2A$69.3A6.A$72.A5.A.3A$71.2A4.2A.A2.A$73.2A.A
5.2A$73.A.2A!
should work, I think.

Different degrees of edgeshooterability are possible with different objects, but most good cheap edge-shooting reactions are probably in slsparse's huge database somewhere.

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » September 22nd, 2020, 2:42 pm

dvgrn wrote:
September 22nd, 2020, 12:20 pm
MathAndCode wrote:
September 22nd, 2020, 11:48 am
MathAndCode wrote:
September 21st, 2020, 5:43 pm
A honey farm predecessor reacting with a block edgeshoots a block a long way off.

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4bo$5bo$6bo2$4b2o$5bo!
Here's a similar example:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$o$o5bo$7bo$7bo2$5b2o$5bo!
A LifeHistory version of the first example, to show how good it is -- I think this one has been seen quite often before:

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x = 22, y = 30, rule = LifeHistory
8.B$3.2C5B$3.2C4BC2B$5.3BC2.3B$4.5BC.4B$4.10B$4.3B2C5B$4.4BC4B$5.7B$
5.6B$5.5B$2A3.6B$.A2.7B2.2A$A3.7B3.A$2A2.6B3.A$.A2.6B3.2A$A4.5B4.A$2A
3.6B2.A$.A3.6B2.A.A2.2A$A4.6B3.2A2.A2.A$2A2.7B5.2A2.2A$.A3.6B3.2A$A5.
4B3.A.A$2A4.B2DB3.A$2.A4.2D3.2A$2.3A6.A$5.A5.A.3A$4.2A4.2A.A2.A$6.2A.
A5.2A$6.A.2A!
The main reason that I figured that it might not be known is that this would be most useful in unidirectional glider syntheses, which would typically be done by a computer, and most would likely be too long for humans to bother looking through the individual steps. I was sure that at least one computer had come up with it, but I was unsure whether or not any people actually knew about it.
The method uses the same c/2 forward movement mechanism as the B heptomino. (A B heptomino is visible at generation 25, but it soon interacts with the ash behind it.) Like the B heptomino, the c/2 forward movement is unstable (in that particular case) and decays, but while the B-heptomino's decay forms a Herschel, this instance decays into a block. There are probably other instances that can edgeshoot different common objects, maybe even a traffic light.



Edit: I tried looking for other similar mechanisms by putting random soups behind a B heptomino. Here's one example:

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
bo$3bo$o2b2o$b2ob2o$2ob2o$b3o$2bo!
In this case, the initial c/2 movement mechanism didn't last very long, but other pops up from generation 193 to generation 207, which then fluctuates between c/2, c/3, and possible 2c/5 or something else more complicated until generation 239 except from a brief hiccup around generation 217. (There's also an unstable c/4 forward movement mechanism from generation 102 to generation 110.) (None of these should be particularly surprising, but it's interesting that unstable forward movement mechanisms are fairly common.)

By the way, the reason that I was crashing honey farms into other objects was because when I read this, I noticed that the long boat predecessor was half of a honey farm predecessor, so I wondered whether or not a long boat could form if a honey farm predecessor crashed into an object that then destroyed about half of said honey farm predecessor, similarly to how a half-bakery commonly forms when a bakery predecessor hits some other object that then destroys half of said bakery predecessor. The northeast part of the pattern that I posted has three long boats at generation 1421 (as well as a pattern that would probably be a long boat or a very long boat if the junk that formed it had gone away from it after forming it), but none of those three were formed that way: The two long boats in the far northeast were formed from the same six-cell predecessor but not as a result of a honey farm predecessor crashing into something, and the long boat that was more east than northeast formed from a blinker predecessor interacting with a barge. (Also, a half-bakery forms at generation 359 from a corrupted bakery predecessor, but instead of the bakery predecessor hitting something then becoming corrupted, it was simply formed corrupted from a double corrupted ∏ sequence.

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x = 6, y = 7, rule = DoubleB3S23
.A$3.C$A.B2C$.2C.2C$2C.2C$.3C$2.C!
The only real lesson from this paragraph is that the pattern that I posted develops interesting patterns, which is definitely true (such as the queen bee beginning shortly after generation 1250), but that's true for virtually all patterns that last for long enough. I only tracked this pattern to about generation 1500, but I'm sure that it spawns more interesting patterns before it settles. (At generation 1426, the eastern longboat is destroyed by a c/2 movement mechanism (which originated from another corrupted ∏ sequence) that looks like it would have either died or transitioned to c/3 just before hitting the long boat.)



Various edits: I got a traffic light.

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3b3o$o3b2o$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
A c/2 movement mechanism starts at generation 17 and lasts until generation 45, after which it starts to fluctuate between c/2 and c/3 but ends at generation 50. It ends up placing a blinker fairly far off.

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
o4bo$bo3bo$2o2b2o$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
This one births a century fairly far off. (Normally, I wouldn't record something so messy, but centuries are common enough that there are already century converters and other century-handling circuitry.) The century itself develops a corrupted ∏ sequence that develops a c/2 movement mechanism at generation 126 (53 century time) and lasts until generation 138 (65 century time), after which it moves between c/2 and c/3 until generation 144 (71 century time). After a brief hiccup, it has another period of c/2 forwards movement from generation 152 (79 century time) to generation 158 (85 century time) and then dissipates soon afterwards.
The weekender's forward movement mechanism appears just after generation 680.

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
b3o$2o2b2o$b2obo$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
The western movement starting on generation 409 looks like it might be useful.
This one isn't optimal, but I haven't found anything better that places a beehive yet.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo2bo$obo$ob2obo$obo2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
This one backtracks a little at the end but is still fairly good considering that the tub is less common than the other patterns that I've edgeshot so far.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2bo$ob3o$b3o$b3obo2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
Less than a minute later, I have found another B-based edgeshooting of a tub, although this one later destroys the tub.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b2ob2o$o2b2o$2bo$4b2o2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
By the way, if someone figures out how to make tubs with period 84 or 168, this could be made into an oscillator. Maybe we can edgeshoot the tub…
This one edgeshoots a blinker in the initial direction of movement.

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x = 5, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$2bo$b3o2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
This edgeshooting has increased distance at the cost of increased messiness.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$o4bo$bobobo$ob2o2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
This is even more exaggerated than the previous one: It's amazingly directional but very messy.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo2bo$2bob2o$2bo2bo$o2b3o2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
This also edgeshoots a traffic light.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo3bo$ob2obo$3b3o$bobo2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
Messy but far edgeshooting of a blinker:

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo2bo$bo$ob4o3$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
Why have I edgeshot three tubs (although two were later destroyed) but no loaves or boats, each of which is more common?

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b3o$2o$o2b3o$5o2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
A messy edgeshooting of a blinker with about 20 cells clearance:

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
$o$b3obo$o2bo2$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
Why do I not get boats shot out far with good clearance?

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
6o$5b2o$2b2o2bo3$2bob2o$2b3o$3bo!
Sends out a boat-beehive-blinker constellation rather far but is messy:

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
ob2obo$5obo$5b2o3$2bob2o$2b3o$3bo!
This one somewhat edgeshoots backwards (and mostly diagonally).

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2o4bo$b4obo$2ob4o3$2bob2o$2b3o$3bo!
If only that spark coalesced into something besides a vacuum. The blinker could still be useful, though.

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
3ob2o$ob3o$3b3o3$bob2o$b3o$2bo!
There are quite possibly the best loaves that I've seen so far.

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
4o2bo$3ob3o$2bo3$2bob2o$2b3o$3bo!
This one edgeshoots a fleet backwards.

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x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
9o$ob2obo2bo$bo2b4o$o2bo2bo3$3bob2o$3b3o$4bo!
Just look at that beehive at generation 1000 or so.

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x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2b2obobo$obob3o$3ob2o2bo$b4o2bo3$3bob2o$3b3o$4bo!
Finally, a boat edgeshot fairly decently.

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x = 11, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o2bobo3bo$5o2b4o$4o3b2obo$o3bobo2bo4$4bob2o$4b3o$5bo!
I think that long boats are rare enough for this to be worth adding.

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x = 11, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2b2o4b3o$4bobo2b2o$obo4b4o$2obo3bo2bo4$4bob2o$4b3o$5bo!
One of these blocks is diagonally edgeshot.

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x = 13, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
obobo3b4o$2b2o3b2ob3o$bo3bobo4bo$b2obobob3obo4$5bob2o$5b3o$6bo!
This one edgeshoots a traffic light.

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x = 7, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o3b2o$2o3b2o3$b3o$bo$4b2o$2o$2o$bo!
Here's the run that it came from.

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x = 13, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
obo3bo$3obob3obobo$2o3bo2bobobo$ob3obobo4$5bob2o$5b3o$6bo!
I shall end (at least for now) with a good edgeshooting of a boat.

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x = 15, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
b2o$b2o2bo$2b2obo$3bo2bo$4b3o3bo$10bo$2o$8bobobo$b2o5b5o$2b2o2b2ob3ob
2o$4bo2b2obob3o$4bobo2bobo$4b3o3bo!
Here is the pattern that it came from.

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x = 13, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
ob3o2b3o2bo$3bobo2bo3bo$obo3bobob2o$2bobo7bo4$5bob2o$5b3o$6bo!
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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by Hdjensofjfnen » September 22nd, 2020, 8:35 pm

I wonder if this diagonally-symmetric explosion can improve the syntheses of a few diagonally-symmetric objects:

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x = 11, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
5bobo$5b2o$6bo2$9bo$2o6b2o$b2o5bobo$o!

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x = 5, y = 9, rule = B3-jqr/S01c2-in3
3bo$4bo$o2bo$2o2$2o$o2bo$4bo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S2-i3-y4i
4b3o$6bo$o3b3o$2o$bo!

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Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Post by mniemiec » September 23rd, 2020, 1:04 am

Hdjensofjfnen wrote:
September 22nd, 2020, 8:35 pm
I wonder if this diagonally-symmetric explosion can improve the syntheses of a few diagonally-symmetric objects: ...
I had found several 4- and 5-glider syntheses of this constellation (that I called W) years ago, and later, Jason Summers posted 27 3-glider ones, but yours seems to be new. I'm not aware of this being used an intermediarey stage in any synthesis, but if someone knows of any, please feel free to correct me.

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