Claw at claw

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Claw at claw
x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$2bo2bo$bob2o$2bo$obo$2o! #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 22.8
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

Claw at claw (or inverted double claw) is a 12-cell still life.

Construction

The claw at claw is the most common 12-cell still life without a known 4-glider synthesis. The cheapest known recipe requires five gliders.

x = 23, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 obo$b2o$bo5$19bo$9b3o6b2o$11bo6bobo$10bo5$b2o$obo18bo$2bo17b2o$20bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y -2 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 53 PAUSE 2 LOOP 54 ]]
A 5G synthesis
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Commonness

Among still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 16th most common still life according to Catagolue. Among all still lifes, it ranks 116th.

In diagonal symmetries, including 8-fold symmetries, it is much more common, becoming the third or fourth (depending on the specific symmetry) most common 12-cell still life.

This still life occurs in final patterns of two collisions in the octo3obj database; both collisions are shown below. Both collisions below and the 5G synthesis above have the claw at claw form by modifying a bakery.

x = 47, y = 33, rule = B3/S23 24bo$24bobo$24b2o7$6bo$6bo$6bo$o$o$o2$6b2o$5bo2bo$6b2o30b2ob2o$38b2ob 2o2$44b2o$37b2ob2o2b2o$37b2ob2o2$45b2o$45b2o4$41bo$40b2o$40bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 6 X 8 Y 6 AUTOSTART GPS 24 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 317 PAUSE 2 LOOP 318 ]]
The two collisions from the octo3obj database with claw at claw in the ash
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