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{{Stilllife|name=Block|pname=block|c=4|discoveryear=1970|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true}}
{{Stilllife|name=Block|pname=block|c=4|discoveryear=1970|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true}}
'''Block''' is an extremely well-known and common [[still life]]. In terms of its [[:Category:Strict still lifes with 4 cells|4]] [[cell]]s it is tied with [[tub]] as the smallest still life, and in terms of its 2-by-2 [[bounding box]], it is the outright the smallest. It is also the most common still life, occurring about twice as often as [[beehive]], the next most common still life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/freq_top_life.html |title=Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life |author=Achim Flammenkamp |date=September 7, 2004 |accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref>.
'''Block''' is an extremely well-known and common [[still life]]. In terms of its [[:Category:Strict still lifes with 4 cells|4]] [[cell]]s it is tied with [[tub]] as the smallest still life, and in terms of its 2-by-2 [[bounding box]], it is the outright the smallest. It is also the most common still life, occurring about twice as often as [[beehive]], the next most common still life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/freq_top_life.html |title=Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life |author=Achim Flammenkamp |date=September 7, 2004 |accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref>


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

Revision as of 20:59, 3 February 2009

Block
x = 2, y = 2, rule = B3/S23 2o$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 4
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery 1970

Block is an extremely well-known and common still life. In terms of its 4 cells it is tied with tub as the smallest still life, and in terms of its 2-by-2 bounding box, it is the outright the smallest. It is also the most common still life, occurring about twice as often as beehive, the next most common still life.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.

Block at the Life Lexicon