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==List of filters== | ==List of filters== | ||
* Multiple of 4 but not 8, ×2: [[Blocker]] | * Multiple of 4 but not 8, ×2: [[Blocker]] | ||
* Multiple of 8 but not 16, ×2: [[Rich's p16]], [[Charity's p16]] | * Multiple of 8 but not 16, ×2: [[Rich's p16]],<ref group="n">This also applies to filtering LWSS's and MWSS's (of the same phase but with frontends extended forwards by one cell), as shown in the [[RLE:P48lwss|p48 LWSS gun]]</ref> [[Charity's p16]] | ||
* Multiple of 16 but not 32, ×2: [[68P32]] | * Multiple of 16 but not 32, ×2: [[68P32]] | ||
* Multiple of 32 but not 64, ×2: [[51P384]]<ref name="post160020" /> | * Multiple of 32 but not 64, ×2: [[51P384]]<ref name="post160020" /> | ||
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* [[Period multiplier]] | * [[Period multiplier]] | ||
* [[Sparker]] | * [[Sparker]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 8 July 2023
A filter is an oscillator used to delete some but not all of the spaceships in a stream. For example, a blocker can delete every second glider in a stream of period 8n + 4, and can also do the same for LWSS streams. Other examples are the middleweight emulator, T-nosed p4 (either of which can be used to delete every second LWSS in a stream of period 4n + 2) and the fountain (which does the same for MWSS streams).
Filters can be used to make guns of high periods. For instance, the period-20 glider gun can be made p40 with a blocker, then p80 with Rich's p16, and even p160 with 68P32.1:
| p160 glider gun (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
A smaller, more recent period-160 glider gun uses Charity's p16 as the first filter instead:
| p160 glider gun (click above to open LifeViewer) Catagolue: here |
List of filters
- Multiple of 4 but not 8, ×2: Blocker
- Multiple of 8 but not 16, ×2: Rich's p16,[n 1] Charity's p16
- Multiple of 16 but not 32, ×2: 68P32
- Multiple of 32 but not 64, ×2: 51P384[1]
- Multiple of 5 but not 10, ×2: p10 filter
- Multiple of 5 but not 15, ×3: Karel's p15
- Multiple of 15 but not 30, ×2: Queen bee shuttle[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ This also applies to filtering LWSS's and MWSS's (of the same phase but with frontends extended forwards by one cell), as shown in the p48 LWSS gun
References
- ↑ AlbertArmStain (April 3, 2023). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ As used in the smallest period-90 glider gun (note that it is shown in the p45 pi-heptomino hassler page, which also functions as a period-tripler, but is not a filter because it depends on a temporary block to destroy the second of every pair of gliders between those let through, which (if not destroyed) can otherwise destroy the hassler itself)
External links
- Filter at the Life Lexicon