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- Life patterns supplied with the full version of MacroLife
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- (The individual catalogues contain more detail.)
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Breeders'
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- • Breeder - The awesome original.
- • PufferLess - A pufferless or 'standing' breeder.
- • SmBreeder - The smallest known version of a Breeder.
- • SmBreederB - This variation fires its gliders backwards.
- • Stifled - A stifled breeder.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Guns'
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- • 12Barr/136 - p136 12-barrelled glider gun.
- • 4Barr/144 - p144 4-barrelled glider gun.
- • 4Barr/168 - p168 4-barrelled glider gun.
- • 4Barr/500 - p500 4-barrelled glider gun.
- • 5sqrt(t/12 - Population in gen. t is asymptotic to 5 sqrt(t/12).
- • AK47 - A possible p47 gun, if its debris could be cleaned up.
- • Cyclotron - Cyclotron.
- • Kickback - An example of the use of the kickback reaction.
- • Kickback2 - Another example of the use of the kickback reaction.
- • p94Gun(s) - Period 94 gun(s).
- • PrimeSieve - A prime number sieve.
- • RandomGun - Pseudorandom number generator with p46 logic.
- • RandomGun2 - Pseudorandom number generator with p120 logic.
- • RandomLWSS - Pseudorandom LWSS generator with p46 logic.
- • sqrt(5t/8) - Population in generation t is asymptotic to sqrt(5t/8).
- • Thick15 - Pseudo p15 gun.
- • Thick23 - Pseudo p23 glider gun.
- • Thin120 - Period 120 thin gun.
- • Thin92 - Period 92 glider gun.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Oscillatrs'
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- • 4bitBinary - A 4-bit binary counter.
- • BarbrPoles - Barberpoles and how to stabilize the ends.
- • BlockMem - The block at the centre of the plane can be shifted.
- • Crystal - Crystal&decay 2700.
- • Double-X - An ingenious bit of nonsense.
- • FourGuns - An oscillator formed by four interacting glider guns.
- • Futility - What's the use?
- • GliderRace - A race between two gliders.
- • Period-2 - A collection of period 2 oscillators.
- • Period-3 - A collection of period 3 oscillators.
- • Period-4 - A collection of period 4 oscillators.
- • Period-n - A collection of period n oscillators.
- • Pinball - Glider reflections.
- • Quilt - Quilt (or squaredance).
- • Quilt2 - Another quilt.
- • Relay+ - A version of the pentadecathlon relay with 'rest stops'.
- • Relay++ - Another version; this dispenses with the pentadecathlons.
- • Roteight - A field of roteightors.
- • Round - Round and round.
- • ShiftMem - An alternative to blockmem for data storage in Life.
- • Track155 - p155 oscillator.
- • Venetian - Venetian blinds.
- • Venetian2 - Another type of Venetian blinds.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules./2'
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- • c-Ships - A selection of speed c spaceships.
- • Collision - A collision makes a spaceship.
- • Diagonal - A Sierpinsky gasket from a diagonal line?
- • DoubleRake - A space rake that fires two sets of gliders.
- • Pascal - Growing triangles.
- • Period-n - A collection of oscillators.
- • Puffer - A fast puffer train.
- • Puffer2 - Another fast puffer train.
- • SatPuff - A puffer that leaves a trail of 'satellites'
- • SpaceRake - A /2 universe space rake.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.125/36'
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- • Box - A boxy moving grid pattern.
- • c/3-p3 - A selection of speed c/3 period 3 spaceships.
- • c/4-p4 - A selection of speed c/4 period 4 spaceships.
- • Fuse - A lit fuse.
- • Glider - A c/8 period 8 diagonal spaceship.
- • Period-n - A large collection of oscillators.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.3-4 Life'
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- • Billiard3 - A period-3 billiard table oscillator.
- • Glider - 3-4 Life's equivalent of the glider.
- • Period-2 - A collection of period-2 oscillators.
- • Period-3 - A collection of period-3 oscillators.
- • Period-12 - A collection of period-12 oscillators.
- • Spaceship - The best-known 3-4 spaceship.
- • Spaceship2 - The third of the known 3-4 spaceships.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.45678/35'
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- • c/13-p26 - A slow, speed c/13 period 26 spaceship.
- • Grower - An endlessly extending pole.
- • Period-2 - A collection of period 2 oscillators.
- • Period-6 - A period 6 oscillator.
- • Period-8 - A collection of period 8 oscillators.
- • Poles - Pole-shaped oscillators.
- • WideGrower - A wider version of Grower.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.5678/35678'
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- • Amoeba - A strange, amoeboid pattern emerges...
- • LineAmoeba - A double line of cells has a similar effect.
- • Matrix - A grid of cells evolves into a diamond.
- • Period-2 - A collection of period-2 oscillators.
- • Period-n - A labelled collection of oscillators.
- • Stable? - Another unpredictable group of patterns...
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.HighLife'
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- • BackRake - A backwards-firing version of SpaceRake.
- • Bird - A large, birdlike spaceship.
- • Breeder - A HighLife breeder.
- • CornerShip - A spaceship.
- • FourGun - Fires four streams of gliders.
- • GliderLoop - Round and round...
- • GliderPuff - A glider-firing puffer train.
- • Oscill4 - Period-4 oscillator.
- • Period-n - A collection of oscillators.
- • Puffer - Puffer with a 'bow wave' of gliders.
- • Ship - Another spaceship.
- • Sierra - An ever-growing pattern.
- • SpaceRake - A diagonally travelling HighLife version.
- • TwoGun - Like FourGun but...
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.Various'
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- • /234Weaver - Beautiful carpet patterns from a simple block.
- • 135/3-c/2 - A large collection of speed c/2 spaceships.
- • 135/3-c/3 - A collection of speed c/3 spaceships.
- • 135/3-Push - Pushing a 2-cell block.
- • 2378/38-Pi - The Pi heptomino in a 2378/38 universe.
- • 238/357Col - A spaceship collision.
- • 238/357Fsh - A swimming spaceship.
- • 238/357Osc - A selection of 238/357 oscillators.
- • 245/368Fsh - A diagonal spaceship.
- • 245/368Puf - An erratic puffer train.
- • 4/4-Oscill - A large period-2 oscillator.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Puffers'
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- • BHeptomino - An extension of the original B-heptomino puffer.
- • CaberToss - A caber tosser.
- • Hotel - Infinite glider hotel.
- • LinePuffer - Line Puffer, with extensible width.
- • PiPuffer - A puffer train generates a Pi fuse.
- • Pop t³/² - Population in gen. t is asymptotic to t^(3/2)/sqrt(9720).
- • SlowPuffer - Moves fast but puffs slowly.
- • ThinRake - An example of a thin rake.
- • ThueGen - Generates the transcendental number Thue.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Results'
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- • Carpet - Generated by alternating Conway's and Fredkin's rules.
- • LineP20000 - Generation 20000 of a Line Puffer (Width 33).
- • Microchip - Generated by alternating Conway's and Fredkin's rules.
- • Puffer5533 - Generation 5533 of the puffer train.
- • Rabit17331 - Generation 17331 of the 'Rabbit' Lifeform.
- • Streets - Generated by alternating Conway's and Fredkin's rules.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Sawtooth'
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- • CorderPull - A diagonal sawtooth with expansion factor 6.
- • Hacksaw - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 9.
- • Sawtooth - Orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 6.
- • Sawtooth2 - A parabolic sawtooth.
- • Sawtooth3 - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 21.
- • Sawtooth4 - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 11.
- • Sawtooth5 - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 25.
- • Sawtooth6 - A diagonal sawtooth with expansion factor 4.
- • Sawtooth7 - A sawtooth with external timing.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Spaceships'
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- • 2c/5-orth - A selection of speed 2c/5 orthogonal spaceships.
- • BlinkShip - A blinker ship found by a search program.
- • c/2-Barge - A c/2 spaceship extensible in 2 dimensions.
- • c/2-p2 - A selection of c/2 period-2 orthogonal spaceships.
- • c/2-p4Fl - A selection of c/2 period-4 spaceships that 'flip'.
- • c/2-p4Fl-B - A selection of c/2 period-4 spaceships that 'flip'.
- • c/2-p4Fl-N - A selection of c/2 period-4 spaceships that 'flip'.
- • c/2-p4Sym1 - A selection of symmetrical c/2 period-4 spaceships.
- • c/2-p4Sym2 - A selection of symmetrical c/2 period-4 spaceships.
- • c/2-p4Sym3 - A selection of symmetrical c/2 period-4 spaceships.
- • c/3-Barge - A c/3 spaceship extensible in 2 dimensions.
- • c/3-orth-l - A selection of long c/3 spaceships.
- • c/3-orth-w - A selection of wide c/3 spaceships.
- • c/4-diag - A flotilla of diagonal c/4 spaceships.
- • c/4-orth - A large selection of orthogonal c/4 spaceships.
- • Corder-11 - An 11-engine Cordership.
- • Corder-7 - A 7-engine Cordership.
- • Wing The first extensible c/4 spaceship.
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- Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Various'
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- • Eden - A 'Garden of Eden' pattern.
- • Fuses - Fuses and their caps.
- • GliderLoop - Two-glider loop between retreating Corderships.
- • Gliders6 - How 6 gliders can pass right through each other.
- • Irrat-2 - Irrational 2.
- • Irrat-5 - Irrational 5.
- • Irrat-U - Unknown irrational.
- • LogGrowth - t log(t).
- • LogGrowth² - log(t)^2.
- • MakeBarber - Glider synthesis of a barber pole.
- • MakeBills - A collection of 4 glider syntheses.
- • MakeHustlr - Glider synthesis of hustler.
- • Mirage - Life is but a dream.
- • Puller - A block puller.
- • Pusher - A block pusher.
- • RevFuse - Reversible Fuse.
- • StillLifes - A collection of well-known still lifes.
- • Thnderbird - Thunderbird. A kind of fuse that can go around corners.
- • Zips - Zips (speed-of-light signals along a wire).
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