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ehenkes

My question: What can a newbee with programming abilities do? (do not say: rtfm)

One thing that has been talked about but not implemented well yet is finding "naturalistic" predecessors of patterns. We have backtracking algorithms, but the predecessor is typically larger than the original ...

ehenkes

Please have a look at my bunny 11/12 patterns (cf. above). Are they new? By now I do not understand the bunny mechanism fully.
Should I post them at "patterns"?
This thread is probably a good place for now.

See the first post in this thread, which has a 2024 posting date due to Moderator ...

ehenkes

Please have a look at my bunny 11/12 patterns (cf. above). Are they new? By now I do not understand the bunny mechanism fully.
Should I post them at "patterns"?

ehenkes

11-cells with 11730 gens with end pop of 1158 and interesting intermediates (e.g. pulsar at 6240)

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x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$b2o3bo$2o$b2obobo2$6bo$7bo!

ehenkes

11-cell with 10334 gens and end pop of 1335:

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b3o$4bo$bo2b2o$obo$obo!

ehenkes

Here I found a 13-cell direct parent of the interesting oscillator "Figure Eight" https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Figure_eight

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bbbbbbob$bbbooobo$bbbbbbbb$bbbbbbob$ooooobbb$bbbbbbbo$bbbbbbbb$bobbbbbb!

ehenkes

Here is a 12-cell pattern, a "bunny 12"?
17407 gens, end pop 1744:

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x = 8, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4bo$5bobo$5bobo$4b3o!

Found: Nov 01, 2025 by Dr. Erhard Henkes

ehenkes

This is my best finding by now:
11-cell pattern with 17408 generations (in LV) and 17411 in Golly, end population = 1744:
x = 8, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
4bo$2bo2bo$b2o$2o$6b2o$6b2o!
Found: Nov 01, 2025 by Dr. Erhard Henkes
Is it a known "bunny 11"? I do not find it in https://conwaylife.com/wiki ...

ehenkes

Yes, you are right. The RLE is wrong. Sorry, I am newbee with Golly.

This is the 11-cell-precursor:
x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
6bo$b2obo$4bo$o4bobo$7bo2$5b2o!

which leads in the first step to this 9-cell-precursor producing more than 4300 generations:
x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$ob3o ...

ehenkes

It could be advantageous to set your search program's cell count a bit higher, since there's more unexplored area in higher cell counts.

I have tried 11-cell-precursors. One case changes to a 9-cell-pattern that produces 4303 generations in Golly.
x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
3bo2$o$2bo2bo ...

ehenkes

Welcome!
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I would recommend getting set up with Golly as well. It is used by almost all Life/CA researchers to manipulate and discover patterns, and will allow you to copy and paste RLEs with ease instead of having to transcribe them manually. It also supports an infinitely-large universe and ...

ehenkes

x = 8, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
4bobob$4b3ob$b2ob2o2b$o2b2ob2o$2obo3bo$2bo5b!

known or new?

Welcome to the forums!

This pattern has likely not been mentioned previously, and it doesn't have a name. However, active regions like this aren't usually particularly notable — this region isn't even ...

ehenkes

Thank you very much for the recommendation of "Golly". It is a great tool.

ehenkes

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x = 8, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
4bobob$4b3ob$b2ob2o2b$o2b2ob2o$2obo3bo$2bo5b!

known or new?

ehenkes

Hello,

I am a total newbie to Conway's Game of Life. I found a 19-cell pattern that survives for more than 2400 generations before stabilizing.
It produces multiple still lifes and moving objects (blocks, beehives, loaf, boat, ship, blinkers, and gliders).

Here is the starting configuration and ...

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