Achim Flammenkamp

Achim Flammenkamp
Born	Unknown
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Institutions	Universität Bielefeld
Alma mater	Universität Bielefeld

Achim Flammenkamp is a German mathematician who has made several contributions to Conway's Game of Life. He performed many experiments on random starting patterns, collecting statistics on how often objects appear naturally - resulting in Achim Flammenkamp's census. He used similar random searches with various symmetries to find several new oscillators such as Achim's p4, pseudo-barberpole, smiley, Achim's p16, and Achim's p144. His period 11 thumb sparker also helped Noam Elkies construct the first known period 33 oscillator.

He has also found many of the smallest known Gardens of Eden and orphans, including Garden of Eden 4, which was the record holder until September 2009.

He wrote Xlife 3.5, updating Paul Callahan's Xlife 3.0.

Patterns found by Achim Flammenkamp

1 101 A Achim's other p16 Achim's p11 Achim's p144 Achim's p16 Achim's p4

A cont. Achim's p8 B Bottle F Fore and back G Garden of Eden 2 Garden of Eden 3 Garden of Eden 4

J Jam M Mold P Pseudo-barberpole S Smiley T T-nosed p6

References

• "Game of Life Status page". Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
• "Life Credits". Mark D. Niemiec. Retrieved on May 8, 2009.

External links

• Life page of Achim Flammenkamp
• Achim Flammenkamp at the Mathematics Genealogy Project