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'''AK-94''' is a [[period]] 94 gun that was found by [[Mike Playle]] on May 9, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7954#p7954|title=Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year?|author=Mike Playle|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref>
'''AK-94''' is a 2-[[barrel]]led [[period]]-94 [[glider gun]] powered by the [[AK-47 reaction]]. The form shown to the right was completed by [[Mike Playle]] on May 9, {{year|2013}}, who found additional [[stable]] [[catalyst]]s with [[Bellman]] to [[eater|eat]] the byproduct [[traffic light]]s.<ref name="post7954" /> Before discovery of these catalysts, removal of traffic lights requires either multiple copies of the reaction as in [[P94S]], or a special sparker as shown below.


In July 2014 [[Martin Grant]] found a 60-glider synthesis for this gun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=8493#p8493|title=Re: Scratch Your Heads: Glider Synthesis of Bellman One|date=July 11, 2014|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref>
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|caption = A [[pseudo-period|pseudo]] p94 gun with a period of 188, using a period-4 [[mod]]-2 [[domino]] [[sparker]] found by [[Paul Callahan]] on July 11, 1994<ref>{{CiteHickersonOscillators|accessdate=September 26, 2022}}</ref>
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== See also ==
A [[capped]] version of AK-94 is one of the [[honey farm shuttles]], and it was the smallest known {{period|94}} [[oscillator]] until the discovery of [[p94 R-pentomino hassler]].


* [[P94S]]
==Glider synthesis==
* [[AK-47 reaction]]
In July 2014 [[Martin Grant]] found a 60-glider [[synthesis]] for the one-barreled gun, which can be trivially turned into a two-barreled gun by removing two gliders.<ref name="post8493" /> On May 20, {{year|2019}}, [[Jeremy Tan]] reduced this to {{gliders|52|brief}} gliders for the one-barreled gun and {{gliders|50|brief}} for the two-barreled version.<ref name="post76421" />
 
==In other rules==
In [[EightLife]] (B3/S238), the AK-94 has a slightly different evolutionary sequence from generation 34 to 37 that does not destroy the gun, so one can actually use AK-94 under this rule.
 
In [[Pedestrian Life]] (B38/S23), where traffic lights die out naturally, there is no need for additional catalysts:
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6b2o$6bo$2o5b3o$2o7bo!
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==References==
==References==
<references />
<references>
<ref name="post7954">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|title  = Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year?
|p      = 7954
|author = Mike Playle
|date  = May 9, 2013
}}</ref>
<ref name="post8493">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|title  = Re: Scratch Your Heads: Glider Synthesis of Bellman One
|p      = 8493
|author = Martin Grant
|date  = July 11, 2014
}}</ref>
<ref name="post76421">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|title  = Re: Synthesising Oscillators
|p      = 76421
|author = Jeremy Tan
|date  = May 20, 2019
}}</ref>
</references>


==External links==
==External links==
{{LinkLexicon|lex_a.htm#ak94gun}}
{{LinkLexicon|lex_a.htm#ak94gun}}
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* {{LinkGoLNews|2013/05/recent_discoveries_part_ii.html|title=Recent Discoveries, part II|date=May 29, 2013|author=Adam P. Goucher}}
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Revision as of 16:27, 25 September 2022

AK-94
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Pattern type Gun
Number of cells 103
Bounding box 38 × 25
Period 94
Barrels 2
Discovered by Mike Playle
Year of discovery 2013

AK-94 is a 2-barrelled period-94 glider gun powered by the AK-47 reaction. The form shown to the right was completed by Mike Playle on May 9, 2013, who found additional stable catalysts with Bellman to eat the byproduct traffic lights.[1] Before discovery of these catalysts, removal of traffic lights requires either multiple copies of the reaction as in P94S, or a special sparker as shown below.

x = 46, y = 25, rule = B3/S23 19bo7b2o$19b3o5b2o12b2o$22bo17bo2bo$21b2o16bo2bobo$39b2obobo$35b2o2b2o bob2o$23bo12b2o4bo$3b2o17bob2o9b2o3b3o$2bo2bo16bo2bo10b2obo3b2o$bobo2b o16b3o4bo6bob2obo2bo$bobob2o21bo2bo5bo5b2o$2obo5b2o18b2o6bo2b3o$3bobo 3bo25bo6bo$3b2o4bo26bo3bobob2o$b2o3bob2o26bo3bobobo$o2bob2obo30bob2obo $b2o3bobobo29bo2bo$3b3obo2bo30b2o$3bo2bobo$2obob6o$bobo3bo$bobo2bo16b 2o$2bo2bo17bo$3b2o12b2o5b3o$17b2o7bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 12 GPS 12 HEIGHT 480 WIDTH 640 ]]
A pseudo p94 gun with a period of 188, using a period-4 mod-2 domino sparker found by Paul Callahan on July 11, 1994[2]
(click above to open LifeViewer)
RLE: here Plaintext: here

A capped version of AK-94 is one of the honey farm shuttles, and it was the smallest known period-94 oscillator until the discovery of p94 R-pentomino hassler.

Glider synthesis

In July 2014 Martin Grant found a 60-glider synthesis for the one-barreled gun, which can be trivially turned into a two-barreled gun by removing two gliders.[3] On May 20, 2019, Jeremy Tan reduced this to 52 gliders for the one-barreled gun and 50 for the two-barreled version.[4]

In other rules

In EightLife (B3/S238), the AK-94 has a slightly different evolutionary sequence from generation 34 to 37 that does not destroy the gun, so one can actually use AK-94 under this rule.

In Pedestrian Life (B38/S23), where traffic lights die out naturally, there is no need for additional catalysts:

x = 12, y = 25, rule = B38/S23 2bo7b2o$2b3o5b2o$5bo$4b2o10$4bo$3bobo$2bo3bo$2bo3bo$2bo3bo$3bobo$4bo2$ 6b2o$6bo$2o5b3o$2o7bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 10 ]]
Free-standing AK-94 in Pedestrian Life
(click above to open LifeViewer)

References

  1. ↑ Mike Playle (May 9, 2013). Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year? (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on September 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ Martin Grant (July 11, 2014). Re: Scratch Your Heads: Glider Synthesis of Bellman One (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. ↑ Jeremy Tan (May 20, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

External links


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