Cis-very long hook with nine

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Cis-very long hook with nine
x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 3bo$2bobo$bo2bo$o3bobo$2o3b2o! #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 7 × 5
Frequency class 32.1
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

Cis-very long hook with nine is a 12-cell still life.

This still life is comprised of the normally unstable very long hook with a normally unstable nine attached. This is one of two possible isomers, named cis due to the corner part of the hook being closer to the nine; the other isomer, trans-very long hook with nine, has this corner part slightly farther.

Unlike the trans-version, the cis-very long hook with nine is the smallest way in which a hook of a given length can have a nine attached to it - shrinking the length of the hook would result in unwanted births and as such the configuration would no longer be a still life.

It can be substitutively referred to as the integral with cis-very long hook, with one pre-block of the integral sign replaced with a very long hook, however "cis-very long hook with nine" is usually preferred for this object.

Commonness

Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 87th most common still life according to Catagolue.

Glider synthesis

A 7-glider synthesis of this still life was found in March 2021.[1]

References

  1. Tanner Jacobi (March 15, 2021). Re: n-in-m: A Collection of Efficient Synthesis Projects (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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