P46 Glider Gun
Last updated on
Jan 31, 2022
Pattern Type: Gun
Discovery Year: 1971
Composition: Twin Bees Shuttle & Twin Bees Shuttle(+22t)
Source: Book Figure 1.23
x = 39, y = 27, rule = Life
30b2o17b$29bobo15b2o$29bo17b2o$17bo11b3o17b$2o15b2o30b$2o16b2o29b$13b
2o2b2o30b$29b3o17b$29bo17b2o$29bobo15b2o$13b2o2b2o11b2o17b$2o16b2o29b$
2o15b2o30b$17bo!
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#C [[ ARROW -2 1 -2 15 28.0 ]]
#C [[ COLOR LABEL Gray LABELSIZE 33 LABELALPHA 0.70 ]]
#C [[ LABEL 15 17 14 "Twin Bees Shuttle" ]]
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#C [[ ARROW 18 -2 18 12 28.0 ]]
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#C [[ LABEL 40 14 14 "Twin Bees Shuttle" ]]
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#C [[ LABEL 23 -4 14 "p46 Glider Gun" ]]
Alternative Design
Composition: Three Quarters Traffic Light Catalyst + P46 Oscillator(+5t)
Discovery Year: 2021
Source: Wiki
x = 37, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
24b2o$24b2o$36bo$15bobo2b2o12b3o$2o12bo3bob3o2b2o6bo$2o13bo6b2ob2o6b2o
$16b5obo$19b3o2$19b3o$16b5obo4b3o3b3o$2o13bo6b2o$2o12bo3bob3o8bo$15bo
bo2b2o9bo$31bo!
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#C [[ LABEL 32 -1 28 "Three Quarters Traffic Light Catalyst" ]]
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#C [[ LABEL 23 -4 14 "p46 Glider Gun(alternative-minimal)" ]]
#C [[ COLOR LABEL Green LABELSIZE 60 LABELALPHA 0.70 ]]
#C [[ LABEL 13 19 28 "P46 Oscillator" ]]
Keith Y. Patarroyo
Researcher Engineer on Chemical Evolution, Digital Chemistry and Unconventional Computation
My research interests include Hierarchical Assembly, Chemical Evolution and Material Computation.