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I'm confused about what I'm looking at... is this a pattern that emerges in conways game of life?
by stephenitis 11y ago
I'm confused about what I'm looking at... is this a pattern that emerges in conways game of life?
- stefs 11y agoit's a pattern that "moves forward", i.e. recreates itself at another position.
- Someone 11y agoAt speed c/10, "one tenth of a cell in each iteration", or, better said: after ten iterations, the pattern has moved one cell, but is otherwise unchanged. That's why it is called a glider; it glides through the grid (a puffer stays at its location and returns to its original snape after some time, but periodically sends out gliders) What's new here, apparently, is that this is the first glider discovered with that speed. It also is surprisingly small.
- mmanfrin 11y agoReally great explanation, thank you!
- baddox 11y agoIt is. Someone discovered that if you start with that initial pattern you get a "spaceship" that moves. I gather that it is an impressive find both because of how small it is (you'd expect someone or a computer to have already discovered it) and how slow it moves.