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]
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| Pattern type | Miscellaneous | ||||
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| Number of cells | 12599 | ||||
| Bounding box | 1013783×1 | ||||
| Discovered by | Stephen Silver | ||||
| Year of discovery | 2011 | ||||
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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]
Gallery
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 Generation 232 of Stephen Silver's 1×N quadratic growth, viewed at a scale of 220:1. |
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See also
- One cell thick pattern
References
- Stephen Silver (April 20, 2011). "1 × N quadratic growth". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on November 3, 2016.
- Chris Cain. "Re: Making switch-engines". Retrieved on August 13, 2015.
- Chris Cain. "Re: Making switch-engines". Retrieved on Feburary 10, 2018.
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