Very nearly exploding rules
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 2:54 pm
A rule I've found that seems to be sitting right on the edge is 237/34/3. Even small soups commonly last multiple kilogens and leave quite a bit of ash. Yet larger soups seem to eventually settle into just a few active areas which even more eventually wind down all the same.
A loaf is a common spark lasting 45 gens. The simplest pattern that could be called a methuselah I think is the stairstep hexomino, which lasts 1689 gens. At 7 cells, this pattern (= gen 3 of the R-pentomino in Life) lasts 16928 gens…
There seem to be few objects. Five still lifes (block, boat, ship, longboat, beehive — I don't have a proof but I think no others exist) and a p9 "star" oscillator appear commonly. A c/4 spaceship, a p42 reaction between two loaves, and a p68 2-star reaction appear occasionally.
A loaf is a common spark lasting 45 gens. The simplest pattern that could be called a methuselah I think is the stairstep hexomino, which lasts 1689 gens. At 7 cells, this pattern
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x = 4, y = 4, rule = 237/34/3
2.A$.2A$A2.A$.2A!
There seem to be few objects. Five still lifes (block, boat, ship, longboat, beehive — I don't have a proof but I think no others exist) and a p9 "star" oscillator appear commonly. A c/4 spaceship, a p42 reaction between two loaves, and a p68 2-star reaction appear occasionally.
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x = 33, y = 33, rule = 237/34/3
20.A5.2A$10.A4.2A2.A.A3.A.A$5.2A2.A.A2.A.A2.A.A2.A.A$5.2A2.2A3.2A4.A
3.2A6$.2A$4A$A3.B25.2A$.A27.A2.A$2.A2.B24.A.A$3.2A8.A17.A$12.A.A$11.A
.A.A$12.A.A9.A$13.A9.A.A$23.A2.A$24.2A10$9.A3.ABA$8.3A2.A2BA$9.A4.3A!