Ternary reaction

A ternary reaction is a reaction between three objects. In particular, it is a reaction in which two gliders from one stream and one glider from a crossing stream of the same period annihilate each other. This can be used to combine two glider guns of the same period to produce a new glider gun with double the period.

x = 47, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 21bo$22bo$20b3o$o2bo39bo2bo$4bo37bo$o3bo37bo3bo$b4o37b4o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 15 WIDTH 940 HEIGHT 380 GPS 12 THEME Book AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 2 T 55 PAUSE 1 LOOP 56 ]]

An example of a ternary reaction: when a southeastward glider hits a westward LWSS, it forms a loaf and a block, which are deleted by the next LWSS (click above to open LifeViewer)

See also

• Three-glider collision

External links

• Ternary reaction at the Life Lexicon