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{{disambiglink|name=bomber|link=Bomber}}
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The '''B-52 bomber''' is a [[period]] 104 double-barrelled [[gun|glider gun]]. It uses a [[B-heptomino]] and emits one [[glider]] every 52 generations. It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Noam Elkies|Noam Elkies]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1996|1996]], except that Elkies used blockers instead of molds, the improvement being found by [[:Category:Patterns found by David Bell|David Bell]] later the same month.
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|discoverer   = Noam Elkies
|discoverer2  = David Bell
|discoveryear = 1996
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|rulemax      = B38/S23
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|isorulemin  = B3/S23
|isorulemax  = B34c8/S234c5e6ei
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{{disambiglink|name=bomber|link=Bomber|text=For other uses of the term}}
The '''B-52 bomber''' is a [[period]] [[:Category:Guns with period 104|104]] double-barrelled [[gun|glider gun]]. It uses two [[blocker]]s, two [[mold]]s, two [[block]]s and two [[tub]]s to [[hassle]] a [[B-heptomino]] as a shuttle, and thus emits one [[glider]] every 52 generations. It was found by [[Noam Elkies]] on March 21, {{year|1996}}, except that Elkies used two more blockers in place of the two molds. This smaller version was found by [[David Bell]] later the same month.
 
Its name comes from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B-52_bomber&redirect=no war plane] in the U.S. Air Force.
 
On June 11, {{year|2019}}, [[Jeremy Tan]] found a {{gliders|31}} [[synthesis]] for this gun.<ref name="post77478" />
 
==See also==
*[[Simkin glider gun]] - another double-barrelled glider gun involving a Herschel.
 
==References==
<references>
<ref name="post77478">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|title  = Re: Synthesising Oscillators
|p      = 77478
|author = Jeremy Tan
|date  = June 11, 2019
}}</ref>
</references>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_b.htm#b52bomber B-52 bomber] at the Life Lexicon
{{LinkLexicon|lex_b.htm#b52bomber}}
[[Category:Patterns found by David Bell]]
 
{{Symmetry|osc=turn180}}

Latest revision as of 17:24, 5 January 2022

B-52 bomber
x = 39, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 b2o$b2o17bo$19bobo12bobo$20bo12bo$2o7b2o23bo2bo$2obo5b2o23bobobo$3bo 23bo7bo2bo$3bo23b2o7b2o$o2bo17b2o5bo$b2o18bo$21b3o$36b2o$36b2o$b2o$o2b o$obobo23b2o5b2o$bo2bo23b2o5b2obo$5bo12bo19bo$2bobo12bobo18bo$18bo16bo 2bo$36b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 12 ]]
Pattern type Gun
Number of cells 85
Bounding box 39 × 21
Period 104
Barrels 2
Discovered by Noam Elkies
David Bell
Year of discovery 1996
For other uses of the term 'bomber', see Bomber (disambiguation).

The B-52 bomber is a period 104 double-barrelled glider gun. It uses two blockers, two molds, two blocks and two tubs to hassle a B-heptomino as a shuttle, and thus emits one glider every 52 generations. It was found by Noam Elkies on March 21, 1996, except that Elkies used two more blockers in place of the two molds. This smaller version was found by David Bell later the same month.

Its name comes from the war plane in the U.S. Air Force.

On June 11, 2019, Jeremy Tan found a 31-glider synthesis for this gun.[1]

See also

References

  1. Jeremy Tan (June 11, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

External links