Counterfeit Gliders

[ihatecorderships]

Not exactly a counterfeit glider, but this impresses me:

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x = 22, y = 4, rule = B2k3-e4-ceiry/S2-ik3-a4c6c
3o6b3o7b3o$2bo5bo2bo6bo2bo$bo8bo9bo$18bo!

[Gustone]

this impresses me

The last one, infinitely extensible:

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x = 8, y = 10, rule = B2k3-nr4knty/S2-ik3
6bo$6b2o$5bobo$3bobo$5bo$b3o2$obo$o$o!

[Moosey]

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2a4r/S0123-n4-k5678|B3jn4i5ij/S2k4ijr5cjr
bo$o$3o!

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B1c/S012345678|B3i4k/S3kr4y|B1c3j/S4k|B2kn3ky4y/S2i
bo$o$3o!

more pending

[hotcrystal0]

p44

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2ci34r5-n7/S2-k3-ac
3o$2bo$bo!

p40

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2ci3-q4r5-n78/S2-kn3-ac4c5j
2o$b2o$o!

p16

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2ci3-qry4r5-cn68/S2-kn3-ace4cz6
2o$b2o$o!

[erictom333]

Strictly speaking, these are counterfeit gliders.

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x = 11, y = 3, rule = B0123-aijn4-k5jnr6ae/S012-ae3-jnr4k5aijn
bo6bo$2bo6b2o$3o5b2o!

More obvious:

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x = 11, y = 3, rule = B0123-aijn4-k5jnr6ae/S012-ae3-jnr4k5aijn:T20,20
bo6bo$2bo6b2o$3o5b2o!

[ihatecorderships]

2c/4o

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2/S2|B38/S23
obo$2o$bo!

[breaker's glider gun]

Strictly speaking, these are counterfeit gliders.

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x = 11, y = 3, rule = B0123-aijn4-k5jnr6ae/S012-ae3-jnr4k5aijn
bo6bo$2bo6b2o$3o5b2o!

More obvious:

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x = 11, y = 3, rule = B0123-aijn4-k5jnr6ae/S012-ae3-jnr4k5aijn:T20,20
bo6bo$2bo6b2o$3o5b2o!

umm, those are just gliders.

[erictom333]

Strictly speaking, these are counterfeit gliders.

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x = 11, y = 3, rule = B0123-aijn4-k5jnr6ae/S012-ae3-jnr4k5aijn
bo6bo$2bo6b2o$3o5b2o!

More obvious:

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x = 11, y = 3, rule = B0123-aijn4-k5jnr6ae/S012-ae3-jnr4k5aijn:T20,20
bo6bo$2bo6b2o$3o5b2o!

umm, those are just gliders.

No, they alternate between gluders and anti-gliders.

[ZackBuildit777]

2c/4o

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2/S2|B38/S23
obo$2o$bo!

technically, since this is an unorthodox rule (defined as a rule in which no periodic object in it can be offset forward or backward any number of steps without its evolution changing relative to the subrule it was moved to) this could also be considered a true period c/2o too.

though i doubt anyone in this thread would particularly care.

[Wyirm]

Life viewer cannot run wolfram rules higher than 254, but in rule 420 you'll see gliders.

[Aleph]

I recently ran into a LifeWiki talk page comment on the Glider page, written by myself.

The glider also works in B013568/S01, but in this rule it is a C/2 orthogonal spaceship instead. Evolve the Z-pentomino, the only pentomino to grow infinitely to see for yourself. Some of the gliders will be pulling tagalongs, like a duoplet. -wwei23 1:06 PM 9/23/2015 NY time

What I was describing was a counterfeit glider.

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# You can save the pattern into this box with Settings/Pattern/Save or Ctrl-S.
x = 2, y = 3, rule = B013568/S01
o$bo$bo!
[[ AUTOSTART ]]
[[ STOP 1 ]]

EDIT: Added LifeViewer commands to deal with phase issues.

[breaker's glider gun]

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B34w5y/S1c2-k3
3o$o$bo!

Yayy! That was fun to engineer.
EDIT:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B34aw5ny/S2-k34a
3o$o$bo!

[NimbleRogue]

Glider frontend in a rro

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x = 14, y = 11, rule = B3-cnqy4z5er6cin8/S2-i3-a4ceinrtz5acjkr6cen7
2bo$bobo$obobo$2o2bo$5b2o$7bo$6bobo$5bobo$5b2o!

[breaker's glider gun]

Glider frontend in a rro

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x = 14, y = 11, rule = B3-cnqy4z5er6cin8/S2-i3-a4ceinrtz5acjkr6cen7
2bo$bobo$obobo$2o2bo$5b2o$7bo$6bobo$5bobo$5b2o!

?
that's an SL??

[breaker's glider gun]

The last one, infinitely extensible:

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x = 8, y = 10, rule = B2k3-nr4knty/S2-ik3
6bo$6b2o$5bobo$3bobo$5bo$b3o2$obo$o$o!

interesting...

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x = 67, y = 82, rule = B2k3-nr4knty/S2-ik3
7$51b2o$51b2o8$45bo$45b2o$44bobo$42bobo$44bo$40b3o2$39bobo$37bobo$39b
o$35b3o2$34bobo$32bobo$34bo$30b3o2$29bobo$27bobo$29bo$25b3o2$24bobo$22b
obo$24bo$20b3o2$19bobo$17bobo$19bo$15b3o2$14bobo$12bobo$14bo$10b3o2$9b
obo$7bobo$9bo$5b3o2$4bobo$4bo$4bo!

[LaundryPizza03]

All oscillators and spaceships without B2a that are alpha-gliders (bo$2bo$3o!) and have period at most 4.

bo$2bo$3o!_nonrel4.txt

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Summary of results:

• 1 still life
• 36 p2 oscillators
• 3 c/2o spaceships, all of which travel south
• 125 p3 oscillators
• 84 c/3o spaceships, of which 23 travel east, 21 travel west, 33 travel south, and 7 travel north
• 1171 p4 oscillators
• 999 c/4o spaceships, of which 310 travel east, 101 travel west, 468 travel south, and 120 travel north
• 68 2c/4o spaceships, all of which travel south
• 366 c/4d spaceships, of which 140 travel southeast, 79 travel southwest, 16 travel northwest, and 131 travel northeast

The standard glider appears as the 1018th entry in this list.

[LaundryPizza03]

All oscillators and spaceships without B2a that are beta-gliders (o$b2o$2o!) and have period at most 4.

o$b2o$2o!_nonrel4.txt

2617 results

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Summary of results:

• 1 still life
• 25 p2 oscillators
• 2 c/2o spaceships, both of which travel west
• 100 p3 oscillators
• 42 c/3o spaceships, of which 4 travel east, 24 travel west, 7 travel south, and 7 travel north
• 967 p4 oscillators
• 1051 c/4o spaceships, of which 159 travel east, 468 travel west, 277 travel south, and 147 travel north
• 110 2c/4o spaceships, all of which travel west
• 319 c/4d spaceships, of which 185 travel southeast, 92 travel southwest, 30 travel northwest, and 12 travel northeast

The standard glider appears as the 6th entry in this list.

[LaundryPizza03]

This last post concerns counterfeit alpha- and beta-gliders in B2a rules, which always travel at the speed of light.

o$b2o$2o!_rel3.txt

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bo$2bo$3o!_rel3.txt

16 results

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For alpha-gliders, there are 4 p2 and 42 p3 photons. For beta-gliders, there are 3 p2 and 13 p3 photons.

[snowman]

While exploring rules one transition away from totalistic rules, I feel like this needs to be posted:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B35c678/S13567
2bo$obo$b2o!

[b-engine]

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S1c2-c3
bo$2bo$3o!

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2c34k/S2-k3
bo$2bo$3o!

[b-engine]

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B35n/S23n4k
bo5bo$2bo5b2o$3o4b2o!

[CasperWen8805181]

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2-a3air4a5ai6a78/S2aei4-cknqy5-ejk6-e
2o$obo$o!

Period 4 glider

[b-engine]

You'll know the rule is alternating once you see this:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B35n/S23-r|B2e3-i/S1c23-r
bo$2bo$3o!

[CasperWen8805181]

Yo Glider, You good lil bro?

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2e3-i/S23-j4k|B3/S1e2-e3
bo$2bo$3o!

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B35n/S23n4k|B3/S1e2-e3
bo$2bo$3o!

(c/8 diagonal, p8 oscillator)

[Mathemagician314]

Ok, this just feels wrong:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2ce3aij4a6c/S1c2ace3ijnr4ir5j
bo$o$3o!