Puffer 1
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| Pattern type | Puffer | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 44 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 27×7 | ||||||||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||||||||
| Period | 128 | ||||||||||
| Speed | c/2 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Bill Gosper | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1971 | ||||||||||
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Puffer 1 was the first puffer to be found, and was discovered by Bill Gosper in 1971. The debris that it leaves behind are groups of four blinkers and a pair of bookends, as shown below. The debris can be cleaned up and converted into gliders to create a rake as in backrake 3.
Puffer 1 first appeared semi-naturally in March 2016.[1] Before this, a puffer with a similar construction but a different ash and period appeared in a soup found by Richard Schank in December 2014.[2]
Image gallery
Debris left behind by puffer 1
See also
References
- ↑ Aidan F. Pierce (March 28, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Richard Schank (December 19, 2014). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Puffer 1 at the Life Lexicon
- Puffer 1 at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue (linear growth)
