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|[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_debris.png|thumb|231px|left|The debris left behind by the glider-producing switch engine]] | |[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_debris.png|thumb|231px|left|The debris left behind by the glider-producing switch engine]] | ||
|[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the glider-producing switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|gliderproducingswitchenginepredecessor | |[[Image:Gliderproducingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the glider-producing switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|gliderproducingswitchenginepredecessor}}]] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog | *[http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog |
Revision as of 19:52, 26 April 2009
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Pattern type | Puffer | ||||||
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Number of cells | 123 | ||||||
Bounding box | 67 × 60 | ||||||
Direction | Diagonal | ||||||
Period | 384 | ||||||
Speed | c/12 | ||||||
Discovered by | Charles Corderman | ||||||
Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||
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The glider-producing switch engine (or glider-making switch engine) is a puffer that was found by Charles Corderman. It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks produce various still lifes and a glider every 384 generations.
It is the second most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits infinite growth, and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the block-laying switch engine).
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External links
- Single switch engine puffer trains at the Life Objects Catalog