Revision as of 18:24, 17 September 2021 by Dvgrn(talk | contribs)(the periodic stuff is all on the LOM-to-honeyfarm side, actually. And population drops to 116 for a couple of ticks.)
Period-54 glider gun is a trueperiod 54 gun discovered by David Raucci on September 16, 2021.[1] It consists of a stablehoneyfarm-to-LOMconduit and a periodic LOM-to-honeyfarm conduit 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 a period-3 catalyst found via search program.
This is one of a relatively small number of known true period guns below period 62, beyond which stable Herschel loops enable the construction of arbitrary-period guns. It is currently the fourth-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
