15-bent-paperclip

15-bent-paperclip
x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2b2o$bob3o$o5bo$b4obo$3bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C Still life #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	7×5
Frequency class	21.7
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B3678/S012345678 Important rules Conway Life, HighLife # of rules 211 = 2048 Isotropic rules B/S2ckn3eijnr – B2ikn34-ajr5-ekr678/S012345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 4 Catagolue-generated RLE 15bentpaperclip_synth.rle Uploaded synthesis RLE 15bentpaperclip_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext 15bentpaperclip.cells RLE 15bentpaperclip.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs15_4a9raic Niemiec ID 15.78 Pentadecathlon ID 11.19

15-bent-paperclip (or Short cis hook w/tail siamese down long hat) is a 15-cell still life.

Bob Shemyakin found a 4-glider synthesis of this still life on June 27, 2014. It also appears in the ash of some 3-glider collisions, for example:

2bo$2o$b2o3$4b3o$4bo$5bo9$33bo$32b2o$32bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]

A 3-glider collision that produces a 15-bent-paperclip. (click above to open LifeViewer)

See also

• Paperclip
• 1 beacon

External links

• 15-bent-paperclip at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• The 1353 fifteen-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page