What name should we call pattern like this?
Posted: March 7th, 2015, 1:32 am
I've never seen any pattern like this. It has appeared in the catalogue, in quite weird rule.
This pattern evolves from this soup:
What category should this pattern be categorized into? It infinitely grows to left direction, has stationary period 1200, and grows at linear rate.
It is not a gun, because it dosen't spit any spaceship,
It is not a puffer or a growing spaceship, because it doesn't have any engine,
It is not a wickstretcher or a waveguide, because it doesn't extend wick,
It is not a sawtooth, because its population tends to infinity,
Finally, It is not a replicator, because it doesn't replicate itself.
So it should be categorized into a new category. I suggest "Growing shuttle" as a suitable name, any objections?
This pattern evolves from this soup:
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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B36/S245
bo3b3o3b5o$3bobo2b2o4bo$b3ob2o2bo5bo$obobob5o4bo$2o2bo2b4o3b2o$3bob2ob
2ob3o$b2o4b3obobobo$bob2o2bo2b3o2bo$3b3ob2o6bo$bo4b2o3bob3o$4bo3b3obob
2o$2o2bo5b5o$o3b3ob3o3b2o$5bob3obo$ob2obo2b2o3bobo$b2ob5o2bo!
It is not a gun, because it dosen't spit any spaceship,
It is not a puffer or a growing spaceship, because it doesn't have any engine,
It is not a wickstretcher or a waveguide, because it doesn't extend wick,
It is not a sawtooth, because its population tends to infinity,
Finally, It is not a replicator, because it doesn't replicate itself.
So it should be categorized into a new category. I suggest "Growing shuttle" as a suitable name, any objections?