Period-54 glider gun
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| Pattern type | Gun | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 137 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 35 × 29 | ||||||||
| Period | 54 | ||||||||
| Barrels | 1 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | David Raucci | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2021 | ||||||||
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Period-54 glider gun is a true period 54 gun discovered by David Raucci on September 16, 2021.[1] It consists of periodic honeyfarm-to-LOM and LOM-to-honeyfarm conduits that connect only to each other. As often happens, the earliest form of the gun (a dimer using two p9 heavyweight emulators) was gradually improved[2][3][4] during the course of a discussion on Discord, to the form shown in the infobox at right, which uses a period-9 snacker and 64P6 as sparkers.
This is one of a relatively small number of known true period guns below period 78, where syringe-based guns become possible. It is currently the seventh-smallest glider gun overall with a distinct period.[5]
References
- ↑ David Raucci (September 16, 2021). Re: Gun Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ David Raucci (September 16, 2021). Message in #cgol on the Conwaylife Lounge Discord server
- ↑ David Raucci (September 16, 2021). Message in #cgol on the Conwaylife Lounge Discord server
- ↑ David Raucci (September 16, 2021). Message in #cgol on the Conwaylife Lounge Discord server
- ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "synthesis-costs/gun". Catagolue. Retrieved on September 16, 2021.