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{{Spaceship|name=Glider|pname=glider|dir=Diagonal|p=4|s=[[c]]/4|discovered=Richard K. Guy}} | {{Spaceship|name=Glider|pname=glider|dir=Diagonal|p=4|s=[[c]]/4|discovered=Richard K. Guy}} | ||
A '''glider''' is the smallest, most common, and first-discovered [[spaceship]]. It was found by Richard K. Guy in 1970 while Conway's group was attempting to track the evolution of the [[R-pentomino]]. The name is due in part to the fact that it is glide symmetric. It is often stated that [[John Horton Conway|Conway]] discovered the glider, but he himself has said that it was Guy. | A '''glider''' is the smallest, most common, and first-discovered [[spaceship]]. It was found by Richard K. Guy in 1970 while Conway's group was attempting to track the evolution of the [[R-pentomino]]. The name is due in part to the fact that it is glide symmetric. It is often stated that [[John Horton Conway|Conway]] discovered the glider, but he himself has said that it was Guy. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_g.htm#glider Glider] at the Life Lexicon | [http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_g.htm#glider Glider] at the Life Lexicon | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 18 December 2008
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||
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| Direction | Diagonal | ||||
| Period | 4 | ||||
| Mod | Unknown | ||||
| Speed | [[:Category:Spaceships with speed c/4|c/4]] | Unknown | ||||
| Heat | Unknown | ||||
| Discovered by | Unknown | ||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||
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[[Category:Spaceships with speed c/4]]
A glider is the smallest, most common, and first-discovered spaceship. It was found by Richard K. Guy in 1970 while Conway's group was attempting to track the evolution of the R-pentomino. The name is due in part to the fact that it is glide symmetric. It is often stated that Conway discovered the glider, but he himself has said that it was Guy.
External Links
Glider at the Life Lexicon