A common predecessor of the pulsar, such as that shown
below. This duplicates itself in 15 generations. (It fails,
however, to be a true replicator because of the way the two copies
then interact.)
A pair of tubs can be placed to eat half the pre-pulsar as it
replicates; this gives the p30 oscillator Eureka where the
pre-pulsar's replication becomes a movement back and forth. See
twirling T-tetsons II for a variation on this idea. By other means
the replication of the pre-pulsar can be made to occur in just 14
generations as half of it is eaten; this allows the construction of
p28 and p29 oscillators. The pre-pulsar was also a vital component
of the first known p26 and p47 oscillators.
The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It is a cellular
automaton, and was invented by Cambridge mathematician John Conway.
This game became widely known when it was mentioned in an article
published by Scientific American in 1970. It consists of a grid of
cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or
multiply. Depending on the initial conditions, the cells form various
patterns throughout the course of the game.
Rules
For a space that is populated:
Examples
Each cell with one or no neighbors dies, as if by solitude.
Each cell with four or more neighbors dies, as if by
overpopulation.
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