Caber tosser 1
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| Caber tosser 1 | |||||||||
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| Pattern type | Caber tosser | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 303 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 145 × 114 | ||||||||
| Static symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Dean Hickerson | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1991 | ||||||||
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Caber tosser 1 is a caber tosser that was discovered by Dean Hickerson on May 1, 1991. It was the first caber tosser to be constructed.
It works by bouncing a glider back and forth between the 13-engine Cordership and a fixed reflector; the round trip time doubles with each trip. Whenever the glider hits the fixed reflector, an extra glider is created; these gliders eventually dominate the population. The form shown to the right is a smaller version that uses a 7-engine Cordership and was found on September 2, 1994.
Its population in generation t is asymptotic to 5log(t)/log(2), i.e., it is Θ(log(t)). More specifically, for n ≥ 0, the population in generation 960(2n) is 5n + 376.
See also
External links
- Caber tosser 1 - RLE file and description