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| Pattern type | Methuselah | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 6 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 4 × 3 | ||||||||
| MCPS | 6 | ||||||||
| Lifespan | 103 generations | ||||||||
| Final population | 15 | ||||||||
| L/I | 17.2 | ||||||||
| F/I | 2.5 | ||||||||
| F/L | 0.146 | ||||||||
| L/MCPS | 17.2 | ||||||||
| Static symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Unknown | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||||
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Century is a hexomino. It is a common methuselah that evolves into three blocks and a blinker after 103 generations. It produces a temporary toad at generation 59 which is destroyed at generation 79.
David Buckingham built a period-246 glider gun using a century as the engine in June 1996.
It is a parent of the bookend.
Century eater
Century can be eaten by a configuration of three eater 1s surrounding a beehive, as shown below. A much smaller century eater was found by Ivan Fomichev in 2013.[1] Both of them play a prominent role in the bistable switch.
 RLE: here |
 RLE: here |
See also
References
- ↑ Ivan Fomichev (June 8, 2013). Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year? (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Century at the Life Lexicon