Long³ ship

Long3 ship
x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$3bobo$2bobo$bobo$obo$2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]] #C [[ ZOOM 42 ]]
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	12
Bounding box	6 × 6
Frequency class	26.4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B3678/S012345678 # of rules 211 = 2048 Isotropic rules B/S2e3cn – B1e2-ae34-e5-c678/S012345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 5 Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis
Pattern files Plaintext long3ship.cells RLE long3ship.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs12_g8ka53z11 Niemiec ID 12.2 Pentadecathlon ID 12.43

Long³ ship (or extra long ship) is a 12-cell still life, the long³ extension of ship.

Glider synthesis

This still life is known to be constructible in 5 gliders.

x = 34, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 25bo$23b2o$2o22b2o7bo$obo28b2o$bobo28b2o$2bobo$3bobo$4b2o10bo$16b2o$ 15bobo4$16b3o$18bo9b2o$17bo10bobo$28bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 31 PAUSE 2 LOOP 32 ]]

A 5G synthesis (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 35, y = 22, rule = B3/S23 22bo$22bobo$22b2o2$2o$obo12bo$bobo9bobo6bo$2bobo9b2o5b2o$3bobo15bobo$ 4b2o2$34bo$32b2o$33b2o5$17bo$17b2o12bo$16bobo12b2o$30bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 22 PAUSE 2 T 39 PAUSE 2 LOOP 40 ]]

A two-stage 6G synthesis (click above to open LifeViewer)

Occurrence

See also: List of common still lifes

Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 30th most common still life according to Catagolue.

The octo3obj database contains one collision with long³ ship occurring in the ash.

External links

• Long³ ship at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• 12.43 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs