Squaredance

Squaredance
x = 40, y = 40, rule = B3/S23:T40,40 2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo $2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b 2o$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$2o6b 2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$2bo 4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$3b o2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$2o6b2o6b2o 6b2o6b2o$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$2bo4bo2bo 4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$3bo2bo4b o2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b 2o$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo 4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$3bo2bo4bo2bo4b o2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$4b 2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2b o4bo2bo4bo$4b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo 4bo2bo4bo2bo$3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 16 THUMBSIZE 2 HEIGHT 480 GPS 2 AUTOSTART ]]
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Pattern type	Agar
Period	2
Density	0.25
Discovered by	Don Woods
Year of discovery	1971
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S – B345678/S02345678 # of rules 213 = 8192 Isotropic rules B3q/S – B012-ak345678/S01c2345678
Pattern files Plaintext squaredance.cells RLE squaredance.rle

Squaredance is a period 2 agar and phoenix based on the domino that was found in 1971 by Don Woods. Woods originally referred to it as "quilt", but Wainwright renamed it "squaredance" as the constituent dominoes trace a square checkerboard of unoccupied areas.

x = 40, y = 40, rule = B3/S23 12bob2o4bob2o4bob2o$12b2obo4b2obo4b2obo2$12b3o5b3o5b3o$11bo2bo4bo2bo4b o2bo$11bo7bo7bo$13bo7bo7bo$9b2o6b2o6b2o$2o11b2o6b2o6b2o$o2b2o3bo2bo4bo 2bo4bo2bo4bo$bobo2bobo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$2obo9b2o6b2o6b2o3b2o$4b2o3b2o 6b2o6b2o9bob2o$7bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bobo2bobo$7bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo3b2o 2bo$9b2o6b2o6b2o11b2o$2o11b2o6b2o6b2o$o2b2o3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$bobo 2bobo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$2obo9b2o6b2o6b2o3b2o$4b2o3b2o6b2o6b2o9bob2o$7b o4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bobo2bobo$7bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo3b2o2bo$9b2o6b2o6b2o 11b2o$2o11b2o6b2o6b2o$o2b2o3bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo$bobo2bobo2bo4bo2bo4bo 2bo4bo$2obo9b2o6b2o6b2o3b2o$4b2o3b2o6b2o6b2o9bob2o$7bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo 2bobo2bobo$7bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo3b2o2bo$9b2o6b2o6b2o11b2o$13b2o6b2o6b 2o$10bo7bo7bo$12bo7bo7bo$9bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$9b3o5b3o5b3o2$8bob2o4bob2o 4bob2o$8b2obo4b2obo4b2obo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 6 GPS 5 AUTOSTART ]] A stabilisation of squaredance discovered by Dean Hickerson on March 25, 1993 (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 5bo$5bo3b3o$4bo2bo$9b2o$bo3b2o6bo$bobo4bo2bo2b2o$bobo4bo2bo$5b2o6bo$2bo6b2o$4bo2bo4bobo$2o2bo2bo4bobo$2bo6b2o3bo$5b2o$8bo2bo$4b3o3bo$10bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 14 GPS 5 AUTOSTART ]] A thinner but non-extensible stabilisation discovered in the C4_4 census on Catagolue with components of the Lei. (click above to open LifeViewer) Catagolue: here

External links

• Squaredance at the Life Lexicon
• Squaredance at Wikipedia (name origin)