Adam P. Goucher

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Adam P. Goucher
Born Unknown
Residence United Kingdom
Nationality Unknown
Institutions Unknown
Alma mater University of Cambridge
For Adam P. Goucher's userpage, see User:Calcyman.

Adam P. Goucher (/gaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ or /guʃe/[1]) is a Life enthusiast currently residing in the United Kingdom.

Among his numerous contributions to the Game of Life were the construction of the Spartan universal computer-constructor and the p1 megacell. He also collaborated with Ivan Fomichev, Chris Cain and Dave Greene on the half-baked knightship, and found the first elementary knightship, Sir Robin, based on partial results by Tomas Rokicki.

He wrote the apgsearch soup searcher and the lifelib C++ library, devised the Life128 and vlife algorithms, and implemented and operates Catagolue.

He scored in the 74th percentile in the 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad,[2] and wrote a free book with information pertaining to Olympiad-style maths contests, Mathematical Olympiad Dark Arts.

References

  1. Dave Greene (September 16, 2020). Re: Thread for basic questions (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. his contestant page

External links

Patterns found by Adam P. Goucher