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'''Snorkel loop''' is a {{slcells|12|text=12-cell}} [[still life]].
'''Snorkel loop''' is a {{slcells|12|text=12-cell}} [[still life]].
It can be interpreted as a [[claw]] with an attached [[hooked tail]].
It can be interpreted as a [[claw]] with an attached [[hooked tail]].
== Commonness ==
Snorkel loop is the eighty-third [[List of common still lifes|most common still life]] in [[Achim Flammenkamp's census]], being less common than [[beehive on table]] but more common than [[trans-barge with tail]].<ref>{{citeAchim|accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref> It is also the ninety-fifth most common object on [[Adam P. Goucher]]'s [[Catagolue]].<ref>{{citeCatagolueStats|June 24, 2016}}</ref>
There are two collisions in the [[octo3obj database]] with a snorkel loop in the ash.


== Glider synthesis ==
== Glider synthesis ==
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== Commonness ==
Snorkel loop is the eighty-third [[List of common still lifes|most common still life]] in [[Achim Flammenkamp's census]], being less common than [[beehive on table]] but more common than [[trans-barge with tail]].<ref>{{citeAchim|accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref> It is also the ninety-fifth most common object on [[Adam P. Goucher]]'s [[Catagolue]].<ref>{{citeCatagolueStats|June 24, 2016}}</ref>
There are two collisions in the [[octo3obj database]] with a snorkel loop in the ash.{{refn|Headerless RLEs of the collisions are {{headerlessRLE|3b2o3b2o$3b2o3b2o2$8b2o$4b2o2b2o$4b2o2$2o6b2o$2o2b2ob2o$4b2o3bo!}} and {{headerlessRLE|4b2ob2o$4b2ob2o$2o$2o3$b2o$b2o2b2ob2o$5b2ob2o$bo$2o$obo!}}}}


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 08:29, 25 October 2022

Snorkel loop
x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2b2o$bo2bo$2bobo$obob2o$2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 6 × 5
Frequency class 21.3
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973
Not to be confused with Twelve loop.

Snorkel loop is a 12-cell still life. It can be interpreted as a claw with an attached hooked tail.

Glider synthesis

A snorkel loop can be constructed with four gliders; known alternate syntheses are available in Mark Niemiec's database.[1]

x = 35, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 bo$2bo$3o3$4bobo$5b2o$5bo2$33b2o$29b2obobo$22bo7bobo$20b2o8bo2bo$13bo 7b2o8b2o$14b2o$13b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 12 X 4 Y 2 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 48 PAUSE 2 LOOP 49 ]]
A 4G synthesis
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Commonness

Snorkel loop is the eighty-third most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than beehive on table but more common than trans-barge with tail.[2] It is also the ninety-fifth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.[3]

There are two collisions in the octo3obj database with a snorkel loop in the ash.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The 121 twelve-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page (download pattern file: 12/12-113.rle)
  2. ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Headerless RLEs of the collisions are 3b2o3b2o$3b2o3b2o2$8b2o$4b2o2b2o$4b2o2$2o6b2o$2o2b2ob2o$4b2o3bo! and 4b2ob2o$4b2ob2o$2o$2o3$b2o$b2o2b2ob2o$5b2ob2o$bo$2o$obo!