Wilma

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Wilma
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Pattern type Methuselah
Number of cells 197
Bounding box 20 × 20
MCPS 201
Lifespan 39693 generations
Final population 3524
L/I 201.5
F/I 17.9
F/L 0.089
L/MCPS 197.5
Discovered by Rob Liston
Year of discovery 2018

Wilma is a methuselah with a lifespan of 39693 generations, discovered by Rob Liston on October 28, 2018, using a custom FPGA soup searcher.[1] It is currently the longest-lived known methuselah to fit within a 20×20 bounding box, surpassing Fred which was discovered in 2010.

The pattern is named after Wilma Flintstone, the wife of Fred Flintstone in the animated sitcom The Flintstones.

Stable pattern

See also

References

  1. Rob Liston (October 28th, 2018). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums