Carrier bridge snake

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Carrier bridge snake
x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$4bo$5bo$2o2b2o$o2bo$2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 6 × 6
Frequency class 34.6
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

Carrier bridge snake is a 12-cell still life.

Construction

This still life is known to be constructible with 7 gliders.[1] Some known glider syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[2]

x = 40, y = 29, rule = B3/S23 9bo9bo$7bobo7b2o$2bo5b2o8b2o$obo$b2o28bo$31bobo$31b2o3$34bob2o$34b2obo $38b2o$39bo$37bo$37b2o5$11b2o$12b2o11bo$11bo12b2o$24bobo4$14b3o$16bo$15bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THEME Book ZOOM 12 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 6 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 12 PAUSE 1 T 39 PAUSE 2 LOOP 40 ]]
A 7G synthesis[2]
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Occurrence

Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 113th most common still life (9th rarest) according to Catagolue. It is the third rarest not to have rotational symmetry.

There are no occurrences of this still life in final patterns of collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases.

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