45-degree MWSS-to-G

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45-degree MWSS-to-G
x = 84, y = 27, rule = B3/S23 61b2o$61bobo6bo$62bo6bobo$69bobo$60b5o3b2ob3o$59bo2bo2bo8bo$59b2o3b2o 2b2ob3o$68b2obo$75bo$73b3o5b3o$2bo57bo11bo10bo$o3bo53bo3bo9b2o8bo$5bo 25b4o28bo$o4bo24bo3bo23bo4bo$b5o28bo24b5o$30bo2bo$69b2o$68bo2bo$69b2o$ 61b2o$60bobo$60bo$59b2o$72b2o$72bo$73b3o$75bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 X 30 ZOOM 8 GPS 14 LOOP 116 ]]
Pattern type Conduit
Conduit type Converter
Input MWSS
Output glider
Number of cells 63
Bounding box 17 × 27
Step Unknown
Recovery time
(ignoring FNG if any)
58 ticks
Minimum overclock period
(ignoring FNG if any)
Unknown
Spartan? Yes
Discovered by Ivan Fomichev
Dongook Lee
Year of discovery 2015

45-degree MWSS-to-G (or 45-degree LWSS-to-G) is a small converter completed by Ivan Fomichev on October 14, 2015.[1] It accepts either an MWSS or LWSS as input and produces an output glider traveling at a 45-degree angle relative to the input direction.

This converter is based on a reaction found by Dongook Lee in July of the same year, in which an LWSS hitting a beehive triggers a honey farm reaction, releasing a glider, then being perturbed by three eater 1s to restore the beehive via an intermediate lumps of muck. However, an extra B-heptomino emerges afterwards, threatening one of the eaters. The best Dongook Lee could found was that an eater placement leaves a stray long boat,[2] and so early attempts focused on designing staged recovery systems to remove that long boat with another glider.[3] Eventually, Ivan Fomichev discovered a combination of eater 2 and a boat on very long house catalyst to complete the device with a repeat time of 58 ticks.

The form shown in the infobox can be built in any orientation by slmake, as of November 2018, enabling it to be used in self-constructing circuitry.

If the input spaceships come in only one parity, then a pair of killer toads may be used instead, with a lower repeat time of 52.

x = 17, y = 22, rule = B3/S23 4bo5bo$4b2o3b2o$4b2o3b2o$5bo3bo6bo$14b3o$13bo$o2bo9b2o$4bo$o3bo$b4o2$ 10b2o$9bo2bo$10b2o$2b2o$bobo$bo$2o$13b2o$13bo$14b3o$16bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 12 ]]
45-degree LWSS-to-G with killer toads
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For applications of this device, see period-58 glider gun and period-61 glider gun.

References

  1. Ivan Fomichev (October 14, 2015). Re: Stable glider reflector (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Dongook Lee (July 23, 2015). Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. gmc_nxtman (October 11, 2015). Re: Stable glider reflector (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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