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A '''glider''' is the smallest, most common, and first-discovered [[spaceship]]. The name is due in part to the fact that it is glide symmetric. It travels diagonally across the [[Life]] grid at a speed of [[:Category:Spaceships with speed c/4|c/4]] and is often produced by randomly-generated starting [[pattern|patterns]]. Gliders are important because they are easily produced (for an example see the [[Gosper glider gun]]), can be collided with each other to form more complicated objects, and can be used to transmit information over long distances. | A '''glider''' is the smallest, most common, and first-discovered [[spaceship]]. The name is due in part to the fact that it is glide symmetric. It travels diagonally across the [[Life]] grid at a speed of [[:Category:Spaceships with speed c/4|c/4]] and is often produced by randomly-generated starting [[pattern|patterns]]. Gliders are important because they are easily produced (for an example see the [[Gosper glider gun]]), can be collided with each other to form more complicated objects, and can be used to transmit information over long distances. | ||
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 5 | ||||||
| Direction | Diagonal | ||||||
| Period | 4 | ||||||
| Mod | Unknown | ||||||
| Speed | c/4 | Unknown | ||||||
| Heat | Unknown | ||||||
| Discovered by | Richard K. Guy | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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A glider is the smallest, most common, and first-discovered spaceship. The name is due in part to the fact that it is glide symmetric. It travels diagonally across the Life grid at a speed of c/4 and is often produced by randomly-generated starting patterns. Gliders are important because they are easily produced (for an example see the Gosper glider gun), can be collided with each other to form more complicated objects, and can be used to transmit information over long distances.
The glider was found by Richard K. Guy in 1970 while Conway's group was attempting to track the evolution of the R-pentomino. It is often stated that John Conway discovered the glider, but he himself has said that it was Guy.
See also
External links
Glider at the Life Lexicon