Block-laying switch engine: Difference between revisions

From LifeWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Older edit
Neocaridina (talk | contribs)
4,347 edits
expanded image gallery
Neocaridina (talk | contribs)
4,347 edits
No edit summary
 
(32 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Puffer|name=Block-laying switch engine|bx=29|by=28|pname=blocklayingswitchengine|c=43|p=288|s=c/12|dir=Diagonal|discoverer=Charles Corderman|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true|synthesis=5|synthesisRLE=true}}
{{Puffer
The '''block-laying switch engine''' (or '''block-making switch engine''') is a [[puffer]] that was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Charles Corderman|Charles Corderman]]. It consists of a [[switch engine]] reacting with [[block]]s to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 [[generation]]s).
|name         = Block-laying switch engine
|pname        = blocklayingswitchengine
|c            = 43
|bx           = 29
|by           = 28
|fc          = 19.6
|dir          = Diagonal
|p           = 288
|s           = c/12
|discoverer   = Charles Corderman
|discoveryear = 1971
|rulemin      = B3/S23
|rulemax      = B3/S23
|isorulemin  = B3/S23
|isorulemax  = B3/S23
|synthesis    = 4
|synthesisRLE = true
|plaintext   = true
|rle         = true
|apgcode      = yl144_1_16_afb5f3db909e60548f086e22ee3353ac
|animated    = true
|viewerconfig = #C [[ HEIGHT 600 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 12 X 5 Y 0 GPS 12 TRACKLOOP 576 -1/12 -1/12 ]]
}}
The '''block-laying switch engine''' (or '''block-making switch engine''') is a [[puffer]] that was found by [[Charles Corderman]].<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=4|pages=page 2}}</ref> It consists of a [[switch engine]] reacting with [[block]]s to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 [[generation]]s).


It is the most common naturally-occurring patterns that exhibits [[infinite growth]], and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the [[glider-producing switch engine]]).
[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_debris.png|framed|center|The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine]]


==Image gallery==
Because of its easy construction (see the predecessor below), it has appeared in some superlinear growth patterns including [[mosquito 1]] and [[mosquito 2]].<ref>{{CiteLexicon|file=lex_m.htm#mosquito1|name=Mosquito 1|accessdate=June 1, 2009}}</ref>
{|
 
|-
== Occurrence ==
|[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_debris.png|framed|left|The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine]]
The block-laying switch engine is the sixty-fourth most common object on [[Adam P. Goucher]]'s [[Catagolue]]. It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits [[infinite growth]], being more common than the [[glider-producing switch engine]].<ref>{{citeCatagolueStats|June 24, 2016}}</ref>
|[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the block-laying switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|blocklayingswitchenginepredecessor|brief}}]]
 
|}
{{EmbedViewer
|pname        = blocklayingswitchenginepredecessor
|viewerconfig = #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
|position    = center
|caption      = A simple [[predecessor]] of the block-laying switch engine
|style        = width:300px;
}}
 
==References==
<references />


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog
* {{LinkLexicon|lex_s.htm#stabilizedswitchengine|name=Stabilized switch engine}}
* [http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog
* {{LinkCatagolue|yl144_1_16_afb5f3db909e60548f086e22ee3353ac|format=linear growth}}
 
[[Category:Patterns involving switch engines]]
[[Category:Block puffers]]
__NOTOC__

Latest revision as of 19:20, 15 January 2026

Block-laying switch engine
18bo10b$b3o8bo5bo10b$o3bo6bo7bo9b$b2o9b4o2b2o9b$3b2ob2o9b3o9b$5b2o11bo bo8b$19bo7b2o$19bo7b2o11$7b2o20b$7b2o20b7$15b2o12b$15b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 12 X 5 Y 0 GPS 12 TRACKLOOP 576 -1/12 -1/12 ]]
View animated image
View static image
Pattern type Puffer
Number of cells 43
Bounding box 29 × 28
Frequency class 19.6
Direction Diagonal
Period 288
Speed c/12
Discovered by Charles Corderman
Year of discovery 1971

The block-laying switch engine (or block-making switch engine) is a puffer that was found by Charles Corderman.[1] It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 generations).

The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine

Because of its easy construction (see the predecessor below), it has appeared in some superlinear growth patterns including mosquito 1 and mosquito 2.[2]

Occurrence

The block-laying switch engine is the sixty-fourth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue. It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits infinite growth, being more common than the glider-producing switch engine.[3]

11bobo2b$2o8bo5b$2o9bo2bob$13b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
A simple predecessor of the block-laying switch engine
(click above to open LifeViewer)
RLE: here Plaintext: here

References

  1. ↑ Robert Wainwright (December 1971). Lifeline, vol 4, page 2.
  2. ↑ "Mosquito 1". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on June 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
Retrieved from "https://conwaylife.com/w/index.php?title=Block-laying_switch_engine&oldid=167815"