What is the purpose of this page? If it's to list any methuselahs that last a long time (however that is defined), then there are a whole heap that I can contribute that should be included here. If, on the other hand, it is to keep a record of methuselahs that last the longest time for a given cell count, then I propose the following be removed as they are all superseded by others on the list:
- Ten
Syringe
Wake
Switch Engine
Multum in parvo
Rabbits
Bunnies
Blom
Justyna
Iwona
Eve
Ed
Edna
35161M
35201M
Fred
1. The number of generations is the largest for a given initial population
2. The number of generations for a given cell count is greater than the number of generations for all entries with a smaller initial population
3. The staring pattern does not include a spaceship (this includes gliders)
4. And perhaps a limit on the initial bounding box? Perhaps a bounding box no more than NxN where N=initial population? Or perhaps no more than SQRT(3N) x SQRT(3N) where N = initial population? (i.e. No more than one-third saturation).
What do others think?