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people keep abusing the term "induction coil" - it does not mean "stable but needs support"
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'''Professor''' is a 46-bit [[still life]] consisting of two large [[island]]s (resembling a [[long]]⁴ [[symmetric scorpion]]) partially stabilizing each other and further stablized by two [[block]]s acting as [[induction coil]]s.
'''Professor''' is a 46-bit [[still life]] consisting of two large [[island]]s (resembling a [[long]]⁴ [[symmetric scorpion]]) partially stabilizing each other and further stabilized by two [[block]]s acting as [[induction coil]]s.


The cis-mirrored variant of this still life occured naturally from an [[symmetry|asymmetric]] [[soup]] in July 2016, making it the largest still life in terms of cell population to have occurred [[natural]]ly.
The cis-mirrored variant of this still life occured naturally from an [[symmetry|asymmetric]] [[soup]] in July 2016, making it the largest still life in terms of cell population to have occurred [[natural]]ly.

Revision as of 01:10, 11 July 2016

Professor
x = 9, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 b2o3b2o$o2bobo2bo$2obobob2o$3bobo$2obobob2o$2obobob2o$3bobo$3bobo$2obo bob2o$o2bobo2bo$b2o3b2o! #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 46
Bounding box 9 × 11
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Adam P. Goucher
Year of discovery 2016

Professor is a 46-bit still life consisting of two large islands (resembling a long⁴ symmetric scorpion) partially stabilizing each other and further stabilized by two blocks acting as induction coils.

The cis-mirrored variant of this still life occured naturally from an asymmetric soup in July 2016, making it the largest still life in terms of cell population to have occurred naturally.

Variants

A number of variants are possible, depending on the alignment of the two halves and the position of the blocks:

See also