Loop

Loop
x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 b2o$o2bo$bobo$2ob2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	10
Bounding box	5 × 4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B3678/S012345678 # of rules 211 = 2048
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 5 Uploaded synthesis RLE loop_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext loop.cells RLE loop.rle

"Loop" may also refer to the glider-bouncing reaction listed under glider loop.

Loop (or curl or long hat) is a 10-cell still life.

Commonness

Loop is the fortieth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than scorpion but more common than fourteener. It is also the fourty-nineth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.

See also

• Eleven loop
• Hat
• List of common still lifes
• Snorkel loop

External links

• Loop at the Life Lexicon

• Loop at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• The 25 ten-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page