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[[ | <noinclude>{{Snippet}}</noinclude>[[Image:Switchengine.png|left]]A '''switch engine''' is a [[methuselah]] that was found by [[Charles Corderman]] in {{year|1971}}. It is unstable by itself, but it can be used to make [[c/12 diagonal]] [[puffer]]s and [[spaceship]]s. | ||
There are two basic types of stabilized switch engine, both of which were also found by Charles Corderman: the [[period]] 288 [[block-laying switch engine]] (the more common of the two) and period 384 [[glider-producing switch engine]]. These two puffers are the most natural [[infinite growth]] patterns in [[Conway's Game of Life|Life]], being by far the most common ones to occur from non-symmetric [[soup|random starting patterns]]. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:38, 27 December 2019
A switch engine is a methuselah that was found by Charles Corderman in 1971. It is unstable by itself, but it can be used to make c/12 diagonal puffers and spaceships.
There are two basic types of stabilized switch engine, both of which were also found by Charles Corderman: the period 288 block-laying switch engine (the more common of the two) and period 384 glider-producing switch engine. These two puffers are the most natural infinite growth patterns in Life, being by far the most common ones to occur from non-symmetric random starting patterns.