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It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits [[infinite growth]], and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the [[glider-producing switch engine]]). | It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits [[infinite growth]], and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the [[glider-producing switch engine]]). | ||
Because of its easy construction (see | Because of its easy construction (see the predecessor below), it has appeared in some superlinear growth patterns including [[mosquito 1]] and [[mosquito 2]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_m.htm#mosquito1|title=Mosquito 1|author=Stephen Silver|publisher=The Life Lexicon|accessdate=June 1, 2009}}</ref> | ||
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| Pattern type | Puffer | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 43 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 29 × 28 | ||||||
| Direction | Diagonal | ||||||
| Period | 288 | ||||||
| Speed | c/12 | ||||||
| Discovered by | Charles Corderman | ||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||
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The block-laying switch engine (or block-making switch engine) is a puffer that was found by Charles Corderman. It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 generations).
It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits infinite growth, and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the glider-producing switch engine).
Because of its easy construction (see the predecessor below), it has appeared in some superlinear growth patterns including mosquito 1 and mosquito 2.[1]
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External links
- Single switch engine puffer trains at the Life Objects Catalog
- ↑ Stephen Silver. "Mosquito 1". The Life Lexicon. Retrieved on June 1, 2009.