Life Lexicon (1)
Author: Stephen A. Silver
Description: Part of Stephen Silver's Life Lexicon.

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:101 (p5) Found by Achim Flammenkamp in August 1994. The name was suggested by Bill Gosper, noting that the phase shown below displays the period in binary.

    ....OO......OO....
    ...O.O......O.O...
    ...O..........O...
    OO.O..........O.OO
    OO.O.O..OO..O.O.OO
    ...O.O.O..O.O.O...
    ...O.O.O..O.O.O...
    OO.O.O..OO..O.O.OO
    OO.O..........O.OO
    ...O..........O...
    ...O.O......O.O...
    ....OO......OO....

:1-2-3 (p3) Found by Dave Buckingham, August 1972. This is one of only three essentially different p3 oscillators with only three cells in the rotor. The others are stillater and cuphook.

    ..OO......
    O..O......
    OO.O.OO...
    .O.O..O...
    .O....O.OO
    ..OOO.O.OO
    .....O....
    ....O.....
    ....OO....

:1-2-3-4 (p4) See also Achim's p4.

    .....O.....
    ....O.O....
    ...O.O.O...
    ...O...O...
    OO.O.O.O.OO
    O.O.....O.O
    ...OOOOO...
    ...........
    .....O.....
    ....O.O....
    .....O.....

:14-ner = fourteener

:2 eaters = two eaters

:4-8-12 diamond The following pure glider generator.

    ....OOOO....
    ............
    ..OOOOOOOO..
    ............
    OOOOOOOOOOOO
    ............
    ..OOOOOOOO..
    ............
    ....OOOO....

:4 boats (p2)

    ...O....
    ..O.O...
    .O.OO...
    O.O..OO.
    .OO..O.O
    ...OO.O.
    ...O.O..
    ....O...

:4F = Fast Forward Force Field

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