Wing
- This article is about the evolutionary sequence. For the extensible c/4 spaceship, see Wing (spaceship).
- "Wing" can additionally refer to a group of switch engines which form half of a Cordership.
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| Pattern type | Methuselah | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 8 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 4 × 4 | ||||||||
| MCPS | 8 | ||||||||
| Lifespan | 104 generations | ||||||||
| Final population | 9 | ||||||||
| L/I | 13 | ||||||||
| F/I | 1.1 | ||||||||
| F/L | 0.087 | ||||||||
| L/MCPS | 13 | ||||||||
| Static symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Unknown | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||||
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Wing (W in conduit names), also called block and glider, is a common evolutionary sequence that stabilizes at generation 104 as a block and a glider. A WSW-3 conduit can be made by eating the extra block using a block or eater 1. The six-cell grandparent of the wing is technically a failed puffer, as it reappears 32 generations later shifted 3 cells right and 7 cells up only to be turned into a B-heptomino 3 generations later.
The term "block and glider" traditionally refers to the most common grandparent of the wing, which has six cells and a lifespan of 106 generations. That pattern has a six-cell parent called nine, although this name is rare. Confused eaters hassles this predecessor.
Like other common evolutionary sequences, wings can be hassled, such as in the p25 wing and block hassler[note 1] and p128 wing shuttle;[4] the latter is the smallest p128 oscillator by population.
The generation in the infobox is also an induction coil; it is sometimes called R-loaf when being used this way.
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The great-grandparent of the wing called "nine". (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
A pattern that enters the wing sequence fairly late. (click above to open LifeViewer) |
Notes
References
- ↑ Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on November 9, 2021.
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (April 18, 2018). "osc-supplement pattern collection". Retrieved on November 9, 2021.
- ↑ David Raucci (December 11, 2020). Updated oscillator stamp collection (was: Re: Golly suggestions) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ David Raucci (August 24, 2021). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
See also
- List of common evolutionary sequences
- Dove (R-mango)
External links
- Block and glider at the Life Lexicon
- Wing at the Life Lexicon