The very long prodigal is a 12-cell still life.
Construction
This still life is known to be constructible with 7 gliders.[1] A 8-glider synthesis was found in April 2019.[2] A 7-glider synthesis was found by Oscar Cunningham in March 2021.[3] Some alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[4]
x = 51, y = 56, rule = B3/S23
13bo$11bobo$12b2o21$24bo$25bo$23b3o12bo$38bobo$28bo9b2o$27bo$27b3o$2o$
obo$2bo39bo$bo38b2o$o40b2o$obo$bobo$2bo13$48b3o$48bo$49bo$42bo$41b2o$
41bobo!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ HEIGHT 450 THEME Book ZOOM 8 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 16 PAUSE 1 T 27 PAUSE 1 T 69 PAUSE 1 T 125 PAUSE 1 T 168 PAUSE 1 T 169 PAUSE 2 LOOP 170 ]]
| A 7G synthesis[1]
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x = 49, y = 54, rule = B3/S23
29bo$29bobo$29b2o2$11bobo$12b2o$12bo8$2bobo$3b2o$3bo9$b2o3bo11b2o$obo
3b2o11b2o$2bo2bobo10bo8b2o$27bobo$27bo17b2o$45bobo$47bo$46bo$45bo$45bo
bo$46bobo$47bo15$2b2o$bobo$3bo!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ HEIGHT 450 THEME Book ZOOM 8 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 14 PAUSE 1 T 28 PAUSE 1 T 34 PAUSE 1 T 90 PAUSE 1 T 91 PAUSE 2 LOOP 92 ]]
| A 8G synthesis[2]
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Occurrence
Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 97th most common still life according to Catagolue.
There are no collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases with this still life occurring in the ash.
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