Cis-snake-tie

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 ]]
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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
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B35678/S012345678 # of rules 212 = 4096 Isotropic rules B/S2ae3kn – B2-ac34-rw5678/S012345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 6 Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis
Pattern files Plaintext cissnaketie.cells RLE cissnaketie.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs12_ggdbz65 Niemiec ID 12.15 Pentadecathlon ID 12.12

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

Construction

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

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 (click above to open LifeViewer)

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 (click above to open LifeViewer)

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 (click above to open LifeViewer)

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

• Trans-snake-tie
• Cis-carrier-tie

External links

• Cis-snake-tie at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• 12.12 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs