Life methuselah
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A Life methuselah is a small initial pattern in Conway’s Game of Life that evolves for an unusually large number of generations before stabilizing or dying out.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Conway's Game of Life pattern
ⓘ
cellular automaton pattern ⓘ |
| category | long-lived finite patterns in Game of Life ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
Life gun
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Life oscillator ⓘ Life spaceship ⓘ Life still life ⓘ |
| definedIn | Conway's Game of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
cellular automata
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conway's game of life NERFINISHED ⓘ mathematical recreation ⓘ |
| hasExample |
Acorn
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B-heptomino NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunnies ⓘ Diehard NERFINISHED ⓘ E-heptomino ⓘ Gosper glider gun predecessor patterns ⓘ Max NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix 1 ⓘ Phoenix 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pi-heptomino NERFINISHED ⓘ R-pentomino NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabbits ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
does not grow without bound
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eventually stabilizes or dies out ⓘ evolves for many generations ⓘ finite support ⓘ small initial population ⓘ unusually long lifespan compared to its size ⓘ |
| measuredBy | number of generations before stabilization or death ⓘ |
| optimizationGoal | maximize lifespan for given initial population size ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
lifespan of a pattern in Game of Life
ⓘ
pattern stabilization ⓘ population growth in cellular automata ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
emergent complexity
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pattern classification in cellular automata ⓘ |
| termUsedBy | Conway's Game of Life community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termUsedIn |
Game of Life literature
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LifeWiki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalOutcome |
collection of still lifes
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oscillators ⓘ spaceships ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Game of Life research
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demonstrations of complex behavior from simple rules ⓘ search for long-lived patterns ⓘ |
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