Life gun
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A Life gun is a pattern in Conway’s Game of Life that periodically generates an endless stream of moving configurations called gliders.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glider gun
ⓘ
pattern in Conway's Game of Life ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Game of Life pattern catalogs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cellular automata research ⓘ |
| category |
gun pattern
ⓘ
periodic emitter ⓘ |
| cellStates | alive or dead ⓘ |
| evolvesIn | Conway's Game of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBehavior | periodically emits gliders ⓘ |
| hasConceptualRole |
building block for logic circuits in Life
ⓘ
source of signals in Life engineering ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | a pattern in Conway’s Game of Life that periodically generates an endless stream of gliders ⓘ |
| hasDynamics | oscillatory emission of gliders ⓘ |
| hasOutput | moving configurations ⓘ |
| hasOutputType | spaceship pattern ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
periodic
ⓘ
translational symmetry in emitted gliders ⓘ unbounded growth in population over time ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
constructing complex patterns in cellular automata
ⓘ
demonstrating unbounded growth in Conway's Game of Life ⓘ showing computational universality of the Game of Life ⓘ |
| operatesOn | two-dimensional square grid ⓘ |
| outputName | glider ⓘ |
| produces |
endless stream of moving configurations
ⓘ
glider ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Conway's Game of Life
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
glider ⓘ oscillator ⓘ spaceship ⓘ |
| updateRule | standard Conway's Game of Life rules ⓘ |
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