1×N quadratic growth

1×N quadratic growth is a pattern found by Stephen Silver on April 20 2011; it is the first pattern discovered that starts out with the thickness of a single cell and has quadratic growth. It uses the breeder from Nick Gotts' 26-cell quadratic growth.[1]

1×N quadratic growth
View static image
Pattern type Miscellaneous
Number of cells 12599
Bounding box 1013783×1
Discovered by Stephen Silver
Year of discovery 2011

On November 6, 2014, Chris Cain completed a 14812×1 pattern that exhibits quadratic growth — and on November 10th he reduced this to 7242×1.[2] One year later, the pattern was further reduced to 2596×1.[3]

Chris Cain's 7242×1 quadratic growth pattern
Download RLE: click here
Generation 232 of Stephen Silver's 1×N quadratic growth, viewed at a scale of 220:1.
gollark: Yees.
gollark: Please join the secret ILIE channel.
gollark: ```If the test evaluated you as this you are probably an ILIE or ILUE (and covering it well) or a SCUG or SCUE (and not safe to be typing on anything electrical).```
gollark: Or you.
gollark: The test is accurate. It's reality which is wrong.

See also
  • One cell thick pattern

References
  1. Stephen Silver (April 20, 2011). "1 × N quadratic growth". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on November 3, 2016.
  2. Chris Cain. "Re: Making switch-engines". Retrieved on August 13, 2015.
  3. Chris Cain. "Re: Making switch-engines". Retrieved on Feburary 10, 2018.
This article is issued from Conwaylife. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.