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- From: shirley@bush.jsc.nasa.gov (Bill Shirley [CSC])
- Newsgroups: comp.theory.cell-automata
- Subject: Re: Crystals in Life
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.095914@bush.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 14:59:14 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.204742.107084@Cookie.secapl.com>
- Sender: shirley@bush (Bill Shirley [CSC])
- Organization: Software Technology Branch - NASA/JSC
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- Originator: shirley@bush
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- In article <1992Sep11.204742.107084@Cookie.secapl.com>, frank@Cookie.secapl.com (Frank Adams) writes:
- > I have done some playing around with infinite stable patterns in Conway's
- > game of Life. I call such patterns crystals.
- >
- > (1) Has there been any investigation of this? A reference would be
- > appreciated.
- >
- > (2) I would like to prove that no crystal can have a density greater than
- > 1/2. 1/2 is easy to achieve; just fill space with the rectangle "O." (for
- > example). I can establish an upper bound of 6/11 easily enough, but I
- > haven't managed to do better.
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- Have you investigated how well these crystals can sustain impacts by
- moving patterns? I have always found this interesting, but have not
- taken time to study this problem in any depth.
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- Bill Shirley | ``Computer Science is not about computers any
- shirley@fdr.jsc.nasa.gov| more than astronomy is about telescopes.''
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