Twelve loop

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Twelve loop
x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 b2o$o2bo$bobo$2obobo$4b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]] [[ ZOOM 48 ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 6 × 5
Frequency class 23.5
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973
Not to be confused with Snorkel loop.

Twelve loop is a 12-cell still life. It can be interpreted as a hook with an attached hooked nine.

Glider synthesis

A 4-glider synthesis for this still life is shown below. Several alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[1]

x = 25, y = 20, rule = B3/S23 24bo$22b2o$23b2o2$2bo$obo$b2o6$15b2o$15bobo$15bo3$8b3o$10bo$9bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 73 PAUSE 2 LOOP 74 ]]
A 4G synthesis
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Occurrence

See also: List of common still lifes, List of still lifes with 12 cells

Twelve loop is the 147th most common still life on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue, being less common than pond on dock but more common than bookend siamese shillelagh. Among all still lifes with 12 cells, it is the 18th most common, being less common than ship tie snake but more common than double claw.[2] The octo3obj database contains one collision with this still life in the ash.[3]

See also

References

  1. The 121 twelve-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page (download pattern file: 12/12-114.rle)
  2. Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on May 28, 2023.
  3. Headerless RLE of the collision: 7b2o$7b2o2$7b2o$7b2o$b2o$b2o$9bo$8bobo$2o6bobo$2o7bo2$bo$2o$obo!

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