Lobster
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Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||||||
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Number of cells | 83 | ||||||||
Bounding box | 26 × 26 | ||||||||
Direction | Diagonal | ||||||||
Period | 7 (mod: 7) | ||||||||
Speed | c/7 | c/7 | ||||||||
Heat | 81.7 | ||||||||
Kinetic symmetry | / | ||||||||
Discovered by | Matthias Merzenich | ||||||||
Year of discovery | 2011 | ||||||||
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Lobster is a c/7 diagonal spaceship that was discovered by Matthias Merzenich on August 19, 2011.[1] It was the first c/7 diagonal spaceship to be found. It consists of two gliders pulling a tagalong-like object that then rephases them. It can be infinitely extended, with its wings used as pushalongs[2][3] It can also burn through one or two rows of blocks.
Lobster was voted Pattern of the Year for 2011 on the ConwayLife.com forums, tied with the fully universal Turing machine.[4]
Multiple copies of a pushalong supported by Lobster[3] (click above to open LifeViewer) |
A lobster can burn through diagonally placed blocks[5] (click above to open LifeViewer) |
References
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (August 19, 2011). c/7 diagonal spaceship (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ New spaceship velocity at Game of Life News. Posted by Adam P. Goucher on August 26, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matthias Merzenich (August 20, 2011). Re: c/7 diagonal spaceship (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ beebop (February 28, 2012). Patterns of the Year 2011 (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ qqd (November 29, 2023). Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Lobster at the Life Lexicon
- Lobster at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
Categories:
- Patterns
- Spaceships with 83 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 83
- Patterns with 83 cells
- Patterns found by Matthias Merzenich
- Patterns found in 2011
- Spaceships
- Spaceships with period 7
- Diagonal spaceships
- Spaceships with speed c/7
- Spaceships with unsimplified speed c/7
- Spaceships with heat 81
- Spaceships with mod 7
- Spaceships with / symmetry
- Pattern of the Year top contenders
- Pattern of the Year winners