Symmetrical synapse

Symmetrical synapse
x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 bobobobo$ob2ob2obo$o7bo$b7o2$b7o$o7bo$ob2ob2obo$bobobobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Strict still life
Number of cells	38
Bounding box	9 × 9
Frequency class	36.5
Static symmetry	+c (D4_+1)
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B/S23 – B378/S012345678 # of rules 210 = 1024 Isotropic rules B/S2-n3n – B2ikn34-ijr5-ekr6-i78/S012345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 6 Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis
Pattern files Plaintext symmetricalsynapse.cells RLE symmetricalsynapse.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs38_69ab8ba96z695d1d596 Pentadecathlon ID 38.85030

Symmetrical synapse or mirrored synapse is a naturally-occurring 38-cell still life. Despite its size, it occurs relatively frequently in soup searches, especially in one-cell-thick patterns due to a predecessor involving a beehive, a honey farm predecessor, and a traffic light.

x = 29, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 24b3o$7b3o$b2o3bo3bo11bo5bo$o2bobo5bo10bo5bo$b2o3bo3bo11bo5bo$7b3o$24b 3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 HEIGHT 480 ]]

A common symmetrical synapse predecessor (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• Clips
• Omnibus

External links

• 38.85030 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
• Symmetrical synapse at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue