Teardrop

Teardrop
x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 b3o$o2bo$o2bo$b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Induction coil
Number of cells	9
Bounding box	4 × 4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B38/S2378 # of rules 23 = 8 Isotropic rules B3-ek/S23-cy – B34cjqty5cejk6cei7c8/S234cekt5ceknr6-n78
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 2 Uploaded synthesis RLE teardrop_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext teardrop.cells RLE teardrop.rle

Teardrop is a common evolutionary sequence, occasionally also usable as an induction coil, which in 20 generations evolves into the formation of two beehives seen below. Compare this with butterfly, where the beehives appear five cells further apart.

Gallery

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  Generation 20 of teardrop (Catagolue: here)

In other rules

In HighLife, the teardrop also evolves into beehives, but they are spaced a bit closer, like half of a honey farm (Catagolue: here). However, most common predecessors of a teardrop in ConwayLife do not reach that stage in HighLife and instead evolve into two blinkers.

See also

• Pond

External links

• Teardrop at the Life Lexicon