Hook with tail

Hook with tail
x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 2o$bo$bob2o$2bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C Still life
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	5×4
Frequency class	20.5
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B35678/S012345678 Important rules Conway Life, HighLife # of rules 212 = 4096 Isotropic rules B/S2-in3nr – B2ikn34-ajnr5678/S012345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 4 Catagolue-generated RLE hookwithtail_synth.rle Uploaded synthesis RLE hookwithtail_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext hookwithtail.cells RLE hookwithtail.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs8_32qk Pentadecathlon ID 8.5

Hook with tail (or snake eater) is an 8-cell still life, consisting of a hook with a tail. It was for a long time the smallest still life without a well-established name; it is now a vital component of the smallest known heavyweight spaceship gun, where it acts as a rock.^{[citation needed]}

Commonness

Hook with tail is the sixty-ninth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than loaf siamese loaf but more common than long integral It is also the eightieth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue, making it the rarest of the 8-bit still lifes.

Synthesis

On April 29, 2007 Dean Hickerson found a 4-glider synthesis of this still life.

See also

• Hook
• Cis-hook with tail
• Claw with tail
• Long hook with tail

External links

• Hook with tail at the Life Lexicon

• Hook with tail at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• The 9 eight-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page