Patterns
Still Lives
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A still life in a cellular automaton (like Game of Life) is any finite pattern that is unchanged by one generation of the automaton’s rules.
Example: Bee Hive
Bee Hive
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In Game of Life, a bee hive is a six-cell still life shaped like a small hexagon.
Oscillators
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An oscillator is a pattern in a cellular automaton (like Game of Life) that repeats a certain pattern sequence with a certain period.
Example: Blinker (with a period of 2)
Pulsar
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In Game of Life, the pulsar is a large symmetric oscillator of period 3.
Space Ships
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In Game of Life, a spaceship is any finite pattern that repeats after generations in a translated position, i.e. the same shape reappears shifted by some vector .
Example: Glider
Glider
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In Game of Life, a glider is the smallest space ship possible. It’s travelling diagonally with a period of 4 with a speed of 1 cell per 4 generations.
