ConwayLife.com

So here's the place for a big congrats, eh?
Congrats to everyone involved, seeing the process on discord I can tell it's a lot of hard work.

Reduction of a known p60 prepulsar hassler, with smaller p4 sparkers: x = 21, y = 63, rule = B3/S23 ob2o2bo8bob2obo$2obo2bo6b5ob2o$5bob2o4bo$13b3o$3b3o8bob2o$14bob4o$bobo b2o3bo$obo3b3obob2ob3o2bo$obo7bo5b3obo$bo3bobo2bobob2o3bo$4bobo2b2obob ob2o$4b2o3bo$4bo3bobo4bo$4bobob2obo$3b2o5bob2obobo$3bo3bob...

This might be known, but a group of p4 sparkers contain a versatile "sliding domino" component I'd like to share: x = 37, y = 68, rule = B3/S23 14b2o$12b6o$10bo2bo2bo2bo$6bobobobob2obobobobo$4bo2bo14bo2bo$4bo20bo$ 5bo2bo12bo2bo$8bo12bo$7bo14bo$8b3o8b3o$10bo8bo12$6bo$2o3bo2bo10bo2b2o$ o2b2obobobo6bob...

Currently was able to use that program with no big problems. There seems to be a bug in ofind, as the smallest p5 fountain it reported was: x = 26, y = 31, rule = B3/S23 12bo$10bo3bo3$11bobo$3b2o2b4obob4o2b2o$3bo2bo3b5o3bo2bo$2obob2o11b2obo b2o$bobo3b3o2bo2b3o3bobo$bob2o2b2obobobob2o2b2obo$2obo2bo3b...

Welcome to the forums! Has anyone studied these? Not sure if there was an official study or written record of it. I remembered the "Mandelbrot set in HighLife" article as a similar experiment. Probably most of the people in this forums has scribbled the straight line pattern. Would they be related s...

Nothing much, just yet another p7 bumper that seems to be welding-friendlier than other variants. x = 32, y = 23, rule = B3/S23 30bo$29bo$29b3o7$22bo$20b2o$3bo2bo14b2o$3b6o$b2o6bo$o2b2o2b3o2b2o4b2o$ 2obo2bo5b2o3bo2bo$bobo2b2obo2b2o4bobo$bobo3bobo2bo6bo$2obobobobobobo$ 4bobobobob2o9b2o$6bo3bo12bo$5b2...

A couple new oscs, including two related small-ish p7s (a couple uninteresting low-period ones included for completeness): Nice discoveries :) Maybe we could make something out of that p7 weak grin spark. Here's a minor reduction of wildmyron's p5 version of the reflector. x = 49, y = 29, rule = B3...

A brief report about p4 "rattlesnake"s and block destroying components. (Not sure what to call them...) This p4 pattern is stabilized by an snake, just like a rattlesnake. x = 12, y = 15, rule = B3/S23 5b2o$5bo$6bo$5b2o2$2o2bo4bo$o3b2ob2obo$bo2bobo$2bobobo$3b2o2b3o$4bo6bo $2bobobob4o$bobob2obo$bobo5...

Cross-posting the p4 t-noses going lower and lower: x = 28, y = 49, rule = B3/S23 7bo$7bo$6b3o3bo4bo$10b3o2bo2bo$4bo6bo3bo2bo$3bo2bob3o5bo$b3obob2o3b2o$ o4bobo2b4o$2o3b2o2b2ob2o13$9bo3bo7bo$3bo4bobo2b3o5b3o$3bo4bobo5bo7bo$ 2b3obobo2b5o3b3o2bo$5b2o2bobo6bobobob2o$5b2ob2o2bob5o2b2obo2bo$2ob2o5b o4bo3b...

I was trying to make a block supporting component, and got this on the way: x = 19, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 7bo$7bo$6b3o3bo4bo$10b3o2bo2bo$4bo6bo3bo2bo$3bo2bob3o5bo$b3obob2o3b2o$ o4bobo2b4o$2o3b2o2b2ob2o! By block supporting, I meant: x = 28, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 3b2o$3bobo$2obob3o$obob2o2bo5b2o2b2o$2...

Here's a smaller p5 volcano that could reduce the p20 gun. x = 25, y = 26, rule = B3/S23 12bo$10bo3bo3$11bobo$3b2o2b4obob4o2b2o$3bo2bo3b5o3bo2bo$2obob2o11b2obo b2o$bobo3b3o2bo2b3o3bobo$bob2o2b2obobobob2o2b2obo$2obo2bo3bobobo3bo2bo b2o$3bobo5bobo5bobo$3bo5bobobobo5bo$bobobobo2b2ob2o2bobobobo$ob2ob2o ...

Sorry for the multiple posts. Here's a slight reduction to the p4 thumb. More attempts are encouraged: x = 11, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 6bo$7bo$3b2o3bo$3b4obo$7bob2o$3bo3bo2bo$b2o3b2obo$bo3bo3b2o$bo4bobo$2b 2ob2obo$2bo3bob2o$3b2obobo$b2o3b2o2bo$bobo3bob2o$o3b4o$b3o4b3o$4b4o2bo $3bo3bo$3b2o! I wonder if...

It's really quite astounding that you pulled this additional TL hassler out of the aether. Seconded. The stronger spark also allows a p13 bumper. That's generally not very useful, but it does give the first p39 oscillator with no period-3 cells: Doesn't that give you a "stable" p26 reflector you wa...

Wow, amazing. Kudos to Bullet51 and AforAwesome!

Here's another diagonal sparker I have failed to optimize... x = 12, y = 35, rule = B3/S23 2b3o$bo3bo$o5bo$bo3bo3bo$2b3o3bobo$6bo$10b2o$5bo2bo2bo$5b2obo$8bo$5b2o bo$5bo$5bo$5bobo$3b2obo$2b3o2b3o$6bo2bo$8b3o$5b2o3bo$4bo3b2o2$3bo3bo$ 3bob2o$4bo2b2o2$7b3o$5b2o2bo$4bo5bo$4b3o2bo$3bo3bo$b3ob2o$o3b2o$b2o4...

Second, it allows the stabilization of a p12 wick found by 2718281828 : Wow, that's some awesome memory. Here are some partial results on finding a short'n'wide version of the durable p4 sparkers: Here's the durable p4 LW sparker, short'n'wide: x = 36, y = 12, rule = B3/S23 16bo2bo2$15bo4bo$6b2o6bo...

[Useless Warning] Here are some oscillators just in case a mold might not fit... But better resort to JLS in those individual cases. Off to the bin it goes. x = 56, y = 25, rule = B3/S23 15b2o$14bo2bo6b2o18b2o3b2o$2bobo7bo2bobo4bo2bo16bo2bo3bobob2o$5bo10bo 34bobo$bo2bo7bob2o6bobo17bobo6bobo$obobo8bo...

Trivial, but Sokwe's p5 eater (Inspired from Noam Elkies' p3 eater) can be reduced by one row, with the same population. x = 12, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$2obobo$2obo2b2obo$4bobob2o$2ob2o$o4b5o$b3obobo2bo$3bo3bobo$7bob2o $3bo4bo2bo$3b2o5b2o! LOL x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23 2ob2o$2obo2b2obo$4bobo...

Trivial, but Sokwe's p5 eater (Inspired from Noam Elkies' p3 eater) can be reduced by one row, with the same population.

Somebody could check out a CatForce run on the c5d spaceship. A preliminary result came out like this: x = 23, y = 31, rule = B3/S23 17b4o$15b2o4b2o$15bo5b2o$15bobob2o$15bo$15bo3bo$14bo4bo$11bo3b3o$11bo 4b2o$10b2o$9bo$7b3o3$6bo$b5obo$bo5b2o$o2bo3b2o$o$o2bob2o$o2bo11bo$b2o 11bobo$b2o11bobo$15bo3$14b2...

Jormungant wrote: ↑

November 7th, 2019, 9:12 pm

Not sure what tool you use to do the search, but I would like to know if there is a p8 spark that would make this modified p6 reflector working:

I use ofind and JLS. p8 searches are **hard**, but I'll try.

Okay, if one merely replaces the guns with rakes the infinite amplitude problem is solved!
Now the problem is that diagnonal rakes are pretty big (using corderships) How about using MWSSs instead of gliders and using orthogonal rakes?
Exploration is to be done.

AGreason wrote: ↑

November 7th, 2019, 3:14 pm

Thanks for the clarification. That sums things up.

Here's a new p6 dot sparker: x = 19, y = 34, rule = B3/S23 9bo2$6bo5bo$5bo7bo$5bo2b3o2bo$4b2o7b2o$4b2o7b2o$b2ob2o7b2ob2o$bo2bo9bo 2bo$2bo3b2o3b2o3bo$3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$5bo3bo3bo$3b2o2bo3bo2b2o$3bo3bo3bo3b o$2obo3bobobo3bob2o$bobobo2bobo2bobobo$bob3ob2ob2ob3obo$2bo4bo3bo4bo$ 3b5o3b5o2$3b3o2b3o2b3o$2bo2bo...

You should set the torus line rule to B3/S rather than B3/S23 . Ah, of course -- thanks! But that means that your[sic] barber-poles-XOR-stripes agar is the first Conway's Life pattern capable of producing those high-period XOR oscillators, right? A regular stripe-on-a-torus in B3/S23 can't reproduc...