Cis-snake-tie

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Cis-snake-tie
x = 8, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 4bob2o$4b2obo$ob2o$2obo! #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 4 × 8
Frequency class 36.1
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

The cis-snake-tie is a 12-cell still life.

Construction

This still life is known to be constructible with 6 gliders.[1] Some alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[2]

x = 34, y = 26, rule = B3/S23 2bo$obo$b2o4$16bo$bobo11bo$2b2o11b3o$2bo2$26b2obo$26bob2o$30b2obo$30bo b2o2$17bo$2b3o11b2o$4bo11bobo$3bo4$17b2o$17bobo$17bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 8 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 12 PAUSE 1 T 42 PAUSE 1 T 49 PAUSE 2 LOOP 50 ]]
A 6G synthesis[3][4]
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x = 53, y = 44, rule = B3/S23 30bobo$30b2o$31bo3$43bobo$43b2o$44bo9$23bo$9bo11b2o$7bobo12b2o16b2obo$ 8b2o30bob2o$44b2obo$44bob2o4$bo$b2o$obo7$44bo$36b2o5b2o5b3o$35b2o6bobo 4bo$37bo13bo4$38b3o$38bo$39bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 480 THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 8 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 20 PAUSE 1 T 46 PAUSE 1 T 62 PAUSE 1 T 67 PAUSE 2 LOOP 68 ]]
A 9G synthesis[2]
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x = 44, y = 29, rule = B3/S23 11bo$6bo5bo$7bo2b3o$5b3o2$35bobo$18bo16b2o$19bo16bo$17b3o5$36b2obo$36b ob2o$40b2obo$40bob2o2$2bo$2b2o$bobo7b2o$10bobo$12bo8b2o$20b2o$22bo2$bo 23b3o$b2o22bo$obo23bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 380 THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 8 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 12 PAUSE 1 T 35 PAUSE 1 T 55 PAUSE 2 LOOP 56 ]]
A 9G synthesis[2]
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Occurrence

Among still lifes with 12 cells, this is the fourth rarest according to Catagolue.

There are no collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases with this still life occurring in the ash.

See also

References

  1. xs12_ggdbz65 at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The 121 twelve-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page (download pattern file: 12/12-15.rle)
  3. Mark Niemiec (October 18, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. xs12_ggdbz65 (archived copy)

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