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'''Almost knightship''' is a partial [[spaceship]] discovered by Eugene Langvagen on March 23, 2004. It would have been an elementary [[knightship]] if two cells at the back end were not incorrect after the 6th generation.
'''Almost knightship''' is a partial [[spaceship]] discovered by Eugene Langvagen on March 23, 2004. It would have been an elementary [[knightship]] if two cells at the back end were not incorrect after the 6th generation, and provided evidence that small elementary knightships may exist within a considerably small bounding box.
 
It provides evidence that small elementary knightships may exist within a considerably small bounding box.


Several more small almost knightships were found by [[Tomas Rokicki]] in February {{year|2018}}, using a SAT solver.<ref name="thread3272" /> Further searching by [[Adam P. Goucher]] based on these partials led to the finding of a true elementary knightship, [[Sir Robin]].
Several more small almost knightships were found by [[Tomas Rokicki]] in February {{year|2018}}, using a SAT solver.<ref name="thread3272" /> Further searching by [[Adam P. Goucher]] based on these partials led to the finding of a true elementary knightship, [[Sir Robin]].

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Almost knightship
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Pattern type Miscellaneous
Number of cells 67
Bounding box 13 × 19
Discovered by Eugene Langvagen
Year of discovery 2004

Almost knightship is a partial spaceship discovered by Eugene Langvagen on March 23, 2004. It would have been an elementary knightship if two cells at the back end were not incorrect after the 6th generation, and provided evidence that small elementary knightships may exist within a considerably small bounding box.

Several more small almost knightships were found by Tomas Rokicki in February 2018, using a SAT solver.[1] Further searching by Adam P. Goucher based on these partials led to the finding of a true elementary knightship, Sir Robin.

Image gallery

generation 0 (left) and generation 6 (right) show that the pattern is different by only two cells

Evolution

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Evolution
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See also

References

  1. Four new almost-knightships CGOL (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

External links