Polyomino glider predecessor?

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Axaj
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Polyomino glider predecessor?

Post by Axaj » February 7th, 2010, 3:32 pm

What's the smallest polyomino glider predecessor?
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knightlife
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Re: Polyomino glider predecessor?

Post by knightlife » February 7th, 2010, 7:20 pm

This heptomino may be the smallest:

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
4bo$2b3o$3o!
This one is also seven cells:

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x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
4o$bobo$bo!
The second one has a smaller bounding box.

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Re: Polyomino glider predecessor?

Post by Citation needed » August 7th, 2024, 8:57 am

There is a third one. If I remember correctly, there are only three such heptominoes.

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
5o$obo!

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