Trans-very long hook with nine

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Trans-very long hook with nine
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Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 8 × 5
Frequency class 29.5
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

Trans-very long hook with nine is a 12-cell still life.

This still life is comprised of the normally unstable very long hook with a normally unstable nine attached. This is one of two possible isomers, named trans due to the corner part of the hook being farther from the nine; the other isomer, cis-very long hook with nine, has this corner part slightly closer.

Unlike the cis-version, the trans-very long hook with nine can be shrunk down to two smaller still lifes: the long hook with nine and hooked integral. Due to the trans version being the only one which can be shrunk, these two do not have cis-trans prefixes.

It can be substitutively referred to as the integral with trans-very long hook, with one pre-block of the integral sign replaced with a very long hook, however "trans-very long hook with nine" is usually preferred for this object.

Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 60th most common still life according to Catagolue.

A 6-glider synthesis of this still life was found in March 2021.[1]

References

  1. bubblegum (March 11, 2021). Re: Still Life Synthesis Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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