Century
Century is a hexomino. It is a common methuselah that evolves into three blocks and a blinker after 103 generations. It produces a temporary toad at generation 59 which is destroyed at generation 79.
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Pattern type | Methuselah | ||
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Number of cells | 6 | ||
Bounding box | 4×3 | ||
MCPS | 6 | ||
Lifespan | 103 generations | ||
Final population | 15 | ||
L/I | 17.2 | ||
F/I | 2.5 | ||
F/L | 0.146 | ||
L/MCPS | 17.2 | ||
Discovered by | Unknown | ||
Year of discovery | Unknown | ||
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David Buckingham built a period-246 glider gun using a century as the engine in June 1996.
It is a parent of the bookend.
Century eater
Century can be eaten by a configuration of three eater 1s surrounding a beehive, as shown below. A much smaller century eater was found by Ivan Fomichev in 2013.[1] Both of them play a prominent role in the bistable switch.
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gollark: What is this "good place"?
gollark: The garland SAlts are very cool.
gollark: That's not even very weird.
gollark: ⚡
gollark: Sorcery.
See also
References
- Ivan Fomichev (June 8, 2013). Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year? (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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