Lobster (spaceship)
Lobster is a c/7 diagonal spaceship that was discovered by Matthias Merzenich on August 19, 2011.[1] It was the first c/7 diagonal spaceship to be found. It consists of two gliders pulling a tagalong-like object that then rephases them. It can be infinitely extended.[2][3]
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Pattern type | Spaceship | ||
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Number of cells | 83 | ||
Bounding box | 26×26 | ||
Direction | Diagonal | ||
Period | 7 | ||
Mod | 7 | ||
Speed | c/7 | ||
Speed (unsimplified) | c/7 | ||
Heat | 81.7 | ||
Discovered by | Matthias Merzenich | ||
Year of discovery | 2011 | ||
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The Lobster was voted the Pattern of the Year 2011 on ConwayLife.com, along with the fully universal Turing machine.[4]
References
- Matthias Merzenich (August 19, 2011). c/7 diagonal spaceship (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- Adam Goucher (August 26, 2011). "New spaceship velocity". Game of Life News. Retrieved on September 12, 2011.
- Matthias Merzenich (August 20, 2011). Re: c/7 diagonal spaceship (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- beebop (February 28, 2012). Patterns of the Year 2011 (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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