Period-184 glider gun

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Period-184 glider gun
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Pattern type Gun
Number of cells 38
Bounding box 31 × 31
Period 184
Barrels 2
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery 1996

Period-184 glider gun is a true period 184 double-barrelled glider gun found by Dave Buckingham in July 1996.[1] The engine in this gun is a Herschel descendant. Unlike previously discovered glider guns, the reaction flips on a diagonal so that both gliders travel in the same direction. This is the fourth smallest gun, after the Period-156 glider gun, Gosper glider gun and Simkin glider gun, and is the highest-period among them.

On June 11, 2019, Jeremy Tan found a 15-glider synthesis for this gun,[2] which was improved to 13 gliders on July 27, 2021.[3]

Gallery

x = 35, y = 35, rule = B3/S23 19bo$17b3o$16bo$16b2o$28bo$26b2o$28b2o$27bo5$20b2o$19bobo$19bo$19b2ob o$2b2o17b2o$bobo$bo$2o31b2o$34bo$33bo$33b2o4$5bo$5bobo$4bobo$6bo4$19b ob2o$19b2obo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
SKOP 368: period-184 glider gun with boat-bits

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References

  1. Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on October 28, 2020.
  2. Jeremy Tan (June 11, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. Jeremy Tan (July 27, 2021). Re: Gun Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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