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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/calcy/life/reflectors_patterns/rle00011.rle The rectifier] RLE file at [http://www.calcyman.co.uk/ www.calcyman.co.uk] | *[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/calcy/life/reflectors_patterns/rle00011.rle The rectifier] RLE file at [http://www.calcyman.co.uk/ www.calcyman.co.uk] | ||
*[http://pentadecathlon.com/lifeNews/2009/05/new_stable_180degree_glider_re.html New stable 180° glider reflector] at [http://www.pentadecathlon.com/lifeNews/ LifeNews] | *[http://pentadecathlon.com/lifeNews/2009/05/new_stable_180degree_glider_re.html New stable 180° glider reflector] at [http://www.pentadecathlon.com/lifeNews/ LifeNews] | ||
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| Pattern type | Stable reflector | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 59 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 41 × 33 | ||||||
| Angle | 180° | ||||||
| Repeat time | 106 | ||||||
| Discovered by | Adam P. Goucher | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 2009 | ||||||
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The rectifier is a 180° stable glider reflector made up of two eater 1s, a block, a beehive, and a modification of eater 3. The normal tub-stabilised eater 3 can be used here to reduce the population count, but the snake-stabilised eater 3 has a smaller bounding box. The rectifier is notable for its recovery time of 106 generations and small number of catalysts. It can replace the boojum reflector in a large number of instances, although in some cases it cannot fit into the space provided. Its advantages over the boojum reflector include
- It has a much faster recovery time, allowing certain guns to be compacted;
- Its passive bounding box is slightly smaller, so it can further compact many glider guns;
- Its output path is free of catalysts, enabling it to be used as a merge device.
The transparent beehive reaction was discovered by Paul Callahan in 1996.
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External Links
- The rectifier RLE file at www.calcyman.co.uk
- New stable 180° glider reflector at LifeNews
- Rectifier at the Life Lexicon