Rectifier
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| Pattern type | Stable reflector | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 59 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 41 × 33 | ||||||
| Angle | 180° | ||||||
| Repeat time | 106 | ||||||
| Discovered by | Adam P. Goucher | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 2009 | ||||||
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The rectifier is a 180° stable reflector, notable for its recovery time of 106 generations and small number of catalysts. It can replace the boojum reflector in a large number of instances, although in some cases it cannot fit into the space provided. It has several advantages over the boojum reflector, namely:
* It has a much faster recovery time, allowing certain guns to be compacted. * The output path is free of catalysts, enabling it to be used as a merge device. * The passive bounding box is slightly smaller, so it can compact many glider guns.
The transparent beehive reaction was discovered by Paul Callahan in 1996.
x = 78, y = 86, rule = S23/B3
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