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The '''Caterpillar''' is the first [[17c/45 orthogonal|17c/45]] [[spaceship]] that was constructed, and is the first crawler-based [[Spaceship#Engineered spaceships|engineered spaceship]], making use of the [[17c/45 reaction]]. It was created via a combination of manually-constructed parts put together by [[:Category:Patterns found by David Bell|David Bell]], [[:Category:Patterns found by Jason Summers|Jason Summers]] and [[:Category:Patterns found by Gabriel Nivasch|Gabriel Nivasch]] and a computer-aided construction coded by Nivasch. The Caterpillar's construction took place over a long period of time, but it was completed on December 31, [[:Category:Patterns found in 2004|2004]]. It has 11,880,063 cells; this, however, can be reduced to 11,880,039 cells through trivial modification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1258&start=75#p32418|title=Re: Caterpillar's little brother research|author=Dave Greene|date=28 June 2016|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref>
The '''Caterpillar''' is the first (and currently only) [[17c/45 orthogonal]] [[spaceship]] to be constructed, and is the first [[engineered spaceship]] based on a [[crawler]], [[17c/45 reaction]]. It was created via a combination of manually-constructed parts put together by [[David Bell]], [[Jason Summers]] and [[Gabriel Nivasch]] and a computer-aided construction coded by Nivasch. The Caterpillar's construction cost lots of time before completion on December 31, {{year|2004}}.


Caterpillar was, in terms of its minimum 11,880,063 alive [[cell]]s, one of the largest patterns constructed in [[Conway's Game of Life|Life]] up to that point. The image to the right is zoomed out to a scale of 32 [[cell]]s per pixel and still only shows the top 3% of it. Encoded as an [[RLE]] file, it is over 29MB in size. Despite this, it moves at the speed of 17c/45, which is the fourth fastest orthogonal speed with a known spaceship.
Caterpillar has 11,880,063 [[cell]]s which can be reduced to 11,880,039 cells trivially.<ref name="post32418" /> In terms of [[population]], it was one of the largest patterns constructed in [[Game of Life]] up to that point. The image to the right is zoomed out to a scale of 32 cells per pixel, showing only the top 3% of it. Encoded as an [[RLE]] file, it is over 29MB in size. Despite this, it moves at the speed of 17c/45, which is the fourth fastest known orthogonal speed explicitly.


==Gallery==
<gallery>
Caterpillar full.jpeg|The whole spaceship (512 cells/pixel)
Nivasch caterpillar.gif|Full view of caterpillar (click to view)
</gallery>
==Videos==
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|<gallery>File:cat_picture01.png|thumb|left|Full view of caterpillar, 40 cells/pixel (click to view)</gallery>
|{{#ev:youtube|f2dETmyeiK0|300|left|Various zoom levels of caterpillar demonstrating its size}}
|{{#ev:youtube|f2dETmyeiK0|300|left|Various zoom levels of caterpillar demonstrating its size}}
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==References==
==References==
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<references>
<ref name="post32418">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|title  = Re: Caterpillar's little brother research
|p      = 32418
|author = Dave Greene
|date  = June 28, 2016
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==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 15:50, 15 May 2020

Caterpillar
Caterpillar image
View static image
Pattern type Spaceship
Number of cells 11880063
Bounding box 4195 × 330721
Direction Orthogonal
Period 270
Mod 270
Speed 17c/45 | 102c/270
Heat 12114897.5
Discovered by Gabriel Nivasch
David Bell
Jason Summers
Year of discovery 2004

The Caterpillar is the first (and currently only) 17c/45 orthogonal spaceship to be constructed, and is the first engineered spaceship based on a crawler, 17c/45 reaction. It was created via a combination of manually-constructed parts put together by David Bell, Jason Summers and Gabriel Nivasch and a computer-aided construction coded by Nivasch. The Caterpillar's construction cost lots of time before completion on December 31, 2004.

Caterpillar has 11,880,063 cells which can be reduced to 11,880,039 cells trivially.[1] In terms of population, it was one of the largest patterns constructed in Game of Life up to that point. The image to the right is zoomed out to a scale of 32 cells per pixel, showing only the top 3% of it. Encoded as an RLE file, it is over 29MB in size. Despite this, it moves at the speed of 17c/45, which is the fourth fastest known orthogonal speed explicitly.

  • Full view of caterpillar, 40 cells/pixel (click to view)

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Various zoom levels of caterpillar demonstrating its size

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dave Greene (June 28, 2016). Re: Caterpillar's little brother research (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

External links

  • Caterpillar at the Life Lexicon
  • "The 17c/45 Caterpillar spaceship". Gabriel Nivasch's Life page (January 2005). A "brief overview" of how the Caterpillar works (with illustrations and RLE files of parts), the pattern in RLE format, plus complete C++ & RLE sources for assembling it.
  • "17c/45 "Caterpillar" spaceship". Jason Summer's Life page. A short summary of what the Caterpillar is with a few pictures, plus the pattern in RLE and .mc (macrocell) formats. Golly loads the macrocell file much more quickly than the RLE.
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