Cap

Cap
x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23 b2o$o2bo$4o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Induction coil
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	4 × 3
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Pattern files Plaintext cap.cells RLE cap.rle

Cap (or covered table) is an induction coil. It can be stabilized to form a period-3 oscillator; see candelabra for a slight variation on this.

Unattended, this evolves into an interchange.

Gallery

Generation 3 of cap's evolution Generation 22 of cap's evolution

x = 14, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 3b2o4b2o$3bo6bo$2obo6bob2o$o2bob4obo2bo$2b2obo2bob2o$6b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART GPS 1 LOOP 3 THUMBSIZE 3 THEME 6 ZOOM 25 ]] Stabilized cap oscillator (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

In other rules

In tlife, cap is period 4 oscillator. However, it will still act as an induction coil in the same way it does in vanilla Life.

See also

• Mirrored cap

External links

• Cap at the Life Lexicon