Shillelagh

Shillelagh
x = 5, y = 3, rule = B3/S23 2o$o2b2o$b2obo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	5 × 3
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Charles Corderman
Year of discovery	1971
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B3678/S012345678 # of rules 211 = 2048
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 4 Uploaded synthesis RLE shillelagh_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext shillelagh.cells RLE shillelagh.rle

Shillelagh is an 8-cell still life discovered by Charles Corderman and Hugh Thompson in 1971.

Commonness

Shillelagh is the eighteenth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than long ship but more common than integral sign. It is also the twenty-sixth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.

See also

• List of common still lifes
• Long shillelagh

External links

• Shillelagh at the Life Lexicon

• Shillelagh at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• The 9 eight-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page