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The periods of p(n) for odd n seem to be found in OEIS: A160657 In the rule space I explore a rule is defined by a set of strings Bxy, Sxy, where x is the number of live diagonal neighbours and y is the number of live orthogonal neighbours of a cell. In this notation the rule for B3/S5 is { B03 B12 ...

The period of P(n) for odd n seems to be always of the form 2^k - 2. Perhaps the solution of the problem
demands more reasoning than coding and computing.

Risto Kauppila

Hi! I found an interesting family of oscillators in a Weighted Life rule. The rule is quite complex but the oscillators are supported by the following minimal "Miniosc" rule: NW5,NN1,NE5,EE1,SE5,SS1,SW5,WW1,ME0,HI0,RB2,RB7,RB10,RS0,RS5,RS10 and the corresponding Golly rule is: num_states=2 num_neigh...

Andrew wrote:The Bigship rule you posted was invalid so I edited your post and inserted the correct rule data.

Sorry, something went wrong when I did "Convert Old Rules" in Golly. The rule worked fine
after running Eric's Weightedlife->Ruletree(1.0).py.

Risto Kauppila

Hi! This is my first post. I found an interesting moving and growing pattern in the following rule: NW5 NN1 NE5 EE1 SE5 SS1 SW5 WW1 ME0 HI0 RB2 RB3 RB11 RB16 RB17 RS2 RS6 RS7 RS8 RS10 RS13 RS16 I call the rule "Bigship". Using EriG's script I transformed it to the following Golly rule: @RULE Bigship...