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'''Rephaser''' or '''Repather''' is | '''Rephaser''' or '''Repather''' is a [[reaction]] found by [[Peter Raynham]] in {{year|1973}} that shifts the phase and path of a pair of [[glider]]s.<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=9|pages=page 2}}</ref> The reaction involves a block [[catalyst|catalyzing]] the evolution of an [[interchange]] [[predecessor]]. | ||
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There is another form of this reaction, [[glider-block cycle]], that reflects the gliders 180 degrees. | |||
More generally, any mechanism that changes the phase and path of a glider or [[spaceship]] may be referred to as a rephaser, especially any [[reflector]] (A) that makes a glider arrive on a different time compared with reflecting with reflector B. For example, two [[bumper]]s in a 180-degree turn can be used as a rephaser to get a glider stream of repeat time 52 to the same place that two [[Snark]]s could, but arriving at a time impossible to do with the [[Snark]]. | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Revision as of 07:45, 7 November 2020
Rephaser or Repather is a reaction found by Peter Raynham in 1973 that shifts the phase and path of a pair of gliders.[1] The reaction involves a block catalyzing the evolution of an interchange predecessor.
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There is another form of this reaction, glider-block cycle, that reflects the gliders 180 degrees.
More generally, any mechanism that changes the phase and path of a glider or spaceship may be referred to as a rephaser, especially any reflector (A) that makes a glider arrive on a different time compared with reflecting with reflector B. For example, two bumpers in a 180-degree turn can be used as a rephaser to get a glider stream of repeat time 52 to the same place that two Snarks could, but arriving at a time impossible to do with the Snark.
References
- ↑ Robert Wainwright (March 1973). Lifeline, vol 9, page 2.
External links
- Rephaser at the Life Lexicon