Edna

Edna
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Pattern type	Methuselah
Number of cells	149
Bounding box	9 × 15
Lifespan	29055 generations
L/I	195
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Erik de Neve
Year of discovery	2010
Pattern files Plaintext edna.cells RLE edna.rle

Edna is a methuselah which was the first pattern found as part of Nathaniel Johnston's web-wide soup search efford to exceed the benchmark of longevity set by the 2005 pattern lidka. As of January 2010, it is currently the longest-lived known methuselah to fit within a 20 by 20 square.

Stable pattern

The stable pattern that results from Edna cycles between 3600 and 3602 cells.

Image gallery

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  Generation 2 of Lidka is the form in which it was originally found
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  Generation 29055

See also

• List of long-lived methuselahs

External links

• Edna at the Life Lexicon
• [1] on Nathaniel Johnston's blog
• [2] on Erik de Neve's blog