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137ben wrote:What measure of "smallest" are you looking for?

The smallest in population that I could find was this:

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2bo$2bo$5o$2bo$2bo!

I was looking for the smallest possible grid in Conway's game of life which dies in one step.
I guess it is the cross.

This grid pattern dies in one step:
x = 14, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
2bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo2bo2bo2bo$14o$2bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo2bo2bo2bo$14o$2bo2bo2bo
2bo$2bo2bo2bo2bo$14o$2bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo2bo2bo2bo$14o$2bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo2bo
2bo2bo$14o$2bo2bo2bo2bo$2bo2bo2bo2bo!

The grid can be expanded to infinite size and will ...

Hi,

Is there a grid that dies in one step? One of the cells must die because of overcrowding, that is it must have 4 or more neighbour.

Thanks