Long barge

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Long barge
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Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 8
Bounding box 5 × 5
Frequency class 11.8
Static symmetry xc (D4_x1)
Discovered by JHC group
Year of discovery 1970

Long barge is an 8-cell still life discovered by the JHC group in 1970.[1] It is a long extension of a barge.

It can "eat" two domino sparks, such as those produced by pentadecathlon; said sparks can be replaced with blocks to form unix.

Occurrence

See also: List of common still lifes, Most common objects on Catagolue

Long barge is the fourteenth most common still life on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue, being less common than eater 1 but more common than aircraft carrier. Among all still lifes with 8 cells, it is the third most common, being less common than mango but more common than long ship.[2]It is also the nineteenth most common object overall on Catagolue. In Achim Flammenkamp's census, the long barge was also ranked fourteenth most common, again between eater 1 and aircraft carrier.[3]

The barge is 7.5 times as common as the long barge, but the long barge is 12,000 times as common as the very long barge. In diagonal symmetries (including 8-fold symmetry), the long barge is the eleventh most common object, which makes it more common than the barge. Reactions which form the long barge are demonstrated below.

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Long barges are usually formed in a symmetric or near-symmetric active reaction hitting a pond
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Glider synthesis

Main article: Glider synthesis

All strict still lifes with a population of 23 or fewer cells, all oscillators with 16 or fewer cells, and all spaceships with 35 or fewer cells are known to be glider-constructible. A glider synthesis of this object can be found in the infobox to the right.

References

  1. ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
  2. ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on March 30, 2010.
Vessels
No corners (barges) (^-2) • (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3
One corner (boats) (^-2) • (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3
Two corners (ships) (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3