Long snake siamese long snake

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Long snake siamese long snake
x = 9, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 7b2o$3b2obobo$obob2o$2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]] #C [[ ZOOM 48 ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 9 × 4
Frequency class 34.4
Static symmetry .e (C2_2)
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

The long snake siamese long snake is a 12-cell still life.

Construction

This still life is known to be constructible with 5 gliders.[1] A 6-glider synthesis was found in March 2021.[2] A 5-glider synthesis was found in May 2023.[3] Some alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[4]


x = 45, y = 31, rule = B3/S23 34bobo$34b2o$12bo22bo$13b2o13bo$12b2o13bo$27b3o2$23bo$23bobo$23b2o2$ 36b2o$36bobob2o$39b2obobo$43b2o14$b2o$obo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 430 THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 49 PAUSE 2 LOOP 50 ]]
A 5G synthesis[3]
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x = 52, y = 47, rule = B3/S23 49bobo$49b2o$50bo$2bo$obo$b2o4$39bobo$39b2o$40bo2$11bo$12bo$10b3o9$38b 2o$38bobob2o$41b2obobo$45b2o12$12bo$12b2o$11bobo3$24b3o$24bo$25bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 520 THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 55 PAUSE 1 T 101 PAUSE 2 LOOP 102 ]]
A 6G synthesis[5]
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x = 56, y = 39, rule = B3/S23 32bo$31bo$3bo27b3o3bobo$4b2o4bo26b2o$3b2o3bobo27bo$9b2o$32bo9bo$32bobo 5b2o$12bo19b2o7b2o$10bobo$11b2o4$47b2o$47bobob2o$50b2obobo$54b2o6$3b2o $2bobo$4bo31b3o$36bo6b3o$22bo14bo5bo$21b2o21bo$b2o18bobo$obo29bo$2bo 28b2o$31bobo4$30b2o$30bobo$30bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 450 THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 32 PAUSE 3 T 60 PAUSE 1 T 81 PAUSE 2 LOOP 82 ]]
A 14G synthesis[4]
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Occurrence

See also: List of common still lifes

Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 111th most common (i.e. 11th rarest) still life according to Catagolue.

There are no collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases with this still life occurring in the ash.

References

  1. ↑ xs12_0ol3zca1 at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
  2. ↑ goldenratio (March 15, 2021). Message in #cgol on the Conwaylife Lounge Discord server
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 shinjuku (#4330541848) (May 23, 2023). Job triggered by Adam P. Goucher at GitLab Catagolue project.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The 121 twelve-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page (download pattern file: 12/12-74.rle)
  5. ↑ "xs12_0ol3zca1 costs 6 gliders". Catagolue (July 16, 2021).