Houndstooth agar

Houndstooth agar
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Pattern type	Agar
Period	2
Density	0.5
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S3 – B01234678/S01234678 # of rules 214 = 16384 Isotropic rules B3n/S3n – B012345-n678/S012345-n678
Pattern files Plaintext houndstooth.cells RLE houndstooth.rle

Houndstooth is a period 2 agar whose unit cell measures 4×4 Life cells. In the figure below, cells which are always alive are black, during even generations blue, during odd generations red, and otherwise white. Unlike the phoenix squaredance, it contains cells of all phases and durations within its period.

Gallery

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  Color-coded diagram for houndstooth agar

External links

• Houndstooth agar at the Life Lexicon