Beehive on table

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Beehive on table
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Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 6 × 5
Frequency class 21.3
Static symmetry n (C1)
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

Beehive on table is a 12-cell still life consisting of a beehive and a table.

Commonness

Main article: List of common still lifes

Beehive on table is the eighty-second most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than cis-boat on table but more common than snorkel loop.[1]

It is the 84th most common still life on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue, being less common than snorkel loop but more common than cis-boat on table. It is the 10th most common still life with 12 cells, being less common than snorkel loop but more common than beehive at beehive.[2]

The octo3obj database contains five collisions where a beehive on table occurs in the ash.

Glider synthesis

x = 32, y = 15, rule = B3/S23 11bo$12b2o$11b2o2$25bo$25bobo$25b2o$4bo$2obobo$bobobo23b2o$bo2bo24bobo $2o27bo$16b3o$18bo$17bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 12 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 32 PAUSE 2 LOOP 33 ]]
A 4G synthesis
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On March 28, 2007 Dean Hickerson found a 4-glider synthesis of this still life.[3] Several known alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
  2. ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on May 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ 2, 3, and 4-glider syntheses at Dean Hickerson's Life page
  4. ↑ The 121 twelve-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page (download pattern file: 12/12-18.rle)