Century eater

The century eater is a 20-cell still life that functions as an eater for the active reaction produced by any century relative. Its eating capability was found by Ivan Fomichev in June 2013.[1] The most well-known use is to replace a four-object constellation in Paul Callahan's bistable switch, as shown below.

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Century eater
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Pattern type Eater
Number of cells 20
Bounding box 8×7
Discovered by Ivan Fomichev
Year of discovery 2013

At t=256 the active reaction produces an eight-cell pattern sharing the same grandchild as a century. The century eater at the top of the pattern catalyzes this pattern produce a clean spark.

In September 2014 Josh Ball showed that a variant of this still life has a relatively inexpensive slow glider construction recipe.[2]

References
  1. Ivan Fomichev (June 8, 2013). Re: What do you want out of (conway's) life this year? (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Josh Ball (September 13, 2014). Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  • 20.32670 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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