Quad pseudo still life
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| Pattern type | Pseudo still life | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 34 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 11×9 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Gabriel Nivasch | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2001 | ||||||||||
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Quad pseudo still life[1] is the smallest pseudo still life that can be decomposed into four stable subpatterns (shown below), but cannot be decomposed into two or three stable subpatterns.[2] It was found by Gabriel Nivasch in July 2001. It consists of a single block surrounded by a hat, snake, and a 15-cell still life roughly made up of a snake and a hook with tail.
Uniqueness
Nathaniel Johnston showed on May 25, 2017 via an exhaustive computer search using Simon Ekström's still life searcher that there are no pseudo still lifes of 32 or fewer bits requiring a decomposition into 4 or more pieces,[3] and on April 5, 2019, he showed that there are no 33-bit pseudo still lifes with this property. However, it remains unknown whether the quad pseudo still life is the unique 34-bit pseudo still life requiring a decomposition into 4 or more pieces.[4]
Image gallery
 The first stable subpattern. |
 The second stable subpattern. |
 The third stable subpattern. |
See also
References
- ↑ Mark D. Niemiec (February 19, 2015). "29 Pseudo-still-lifes 26 bits and larger". Retrieved on April 3, 2016.
- ↑ Nivasch, Gabriel (July, 2001). "Still lifes". Retrieved on March 23, 2016.
- ↑ Nathaniel Johnston. Re: Enumerating Still Lifes (in C) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Nathaniel Johnston (April 5, 2019). Re: Enumerating Still Lifes (in C) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Quad pseudo still life at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue (pseudo-object)
