Talk:Glider synthesis

Should the fact that there are upper and lower bounds (by example) on the maximum number of cells a synthesisable pattern can have (and equivalently, the minimum an unsynthesisable one can have), as mentioned in https://cp4space.hatsya.com/2022/01/14/conway-conjecture-settled/? (Now the lower bound is ≤21 cells to be synthesisable instead, but I think 306 is the upper bound still) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DroneBetter (talk • contribs)

I suppose you mean "synthesizable still life"? The relevant section of article has already mentioned it. GUYTU6J (talk) 15:03, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

I think you misunderstood the suggestion -- this seems to be about the best bounds proven so far -- i.e. every still life below N cells can be constructed with gliders, and some still lifes above M cells cannot be constructed with gliders, with a preference for larger N and smaller M. Confocal (talk) 16:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)