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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).
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).
It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern 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]]).


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>
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>


==Commonness==
==Commonness==
The block-laying switch engine is the sixty-fourth most common object on [[Adam P. Goucher]]'s [[Catagolue]].<ref>{{citeCatagolueStats|June 24, 2016}}</ref>
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 gallery==
==Image gallery==

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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. It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 generations).

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

Commonness

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.[2]

The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine
A simple predecessor of the block-laying switch engine
RLE: here

References

  1. ↑ "Mosquito 1". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on June 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
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