Game+of+Life

Conway's Game of Life.

This is tons of fun!

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Check out the diversity of results from starting with a one wide horizontal bar of length one.

Add to the table when you do the actual game of life for that value of n. Limit yourself to 3 in the first 50, or any number beyond 50. Please don't repeat items, but you could add to notes on any.

If your figure terminates to nothing, give the total number of moves to its death under Lifespan. If your figure ends with a steady state figure, note that in comments If your figure oscillates, give the number of moves for it to reach its oscillating state under Lifespan, then the cycle length in the next column.

arranged around the starting central point. Steady State. ||  ||   || Two ovals from n=4 on top of each other ||  ||   || separated by one empty "plus sign". steady state, obviously ||  ||   || AMAZING life span. 4 gliders collide. ||  ||   || A GROSS ||   ||   || To get your Game of Life Java Applet into this page, go full screen with GOL, Prnt Scrn, Paste into Paint, adjust, save as a jpeg. Then go to inser images in the editor bar.
 * n || Lifespan || cycle length || Experimenter || comments ||  ||   ||
 * 1 || 0 ||  || flange || obvious. There is no I in team ||   ||   ||
 * 2 || 0 ||  || flange ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 3 || 0 || 2 || flange || flashing plus sign ||  ||   ||
 * 4 || 2 ||  || flange || steady state of 6 cells in oval ||   ||   ||
 * 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 6 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 7 || 14 ||  || kkval || Expands, than turns into four ovals symmetrically
 * 8 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 9 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 10 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 11 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 12 || 15 ||  || flange || Steady State.
 * 13 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 14 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 15 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 16 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 17 || 24 ||  || kkval || Expands a lot, then turns into a weird pattern of four 2x2 squares
 * 18 || 20 ||  || flange || Ends in nothing, There goes my theory about multiples of 6 ||   ||   ||
 * 19 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 20 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 21 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 22 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 23 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 24 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 25 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 26 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 27 || 28 ||  || kkval || Turns into a really weird symmetrical shape. Try it! ||   ||   ||
 * 28 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 29 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 30 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 31 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * 47 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 48 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 49 || 811 ||  ||   || Steady State of 88 cells. See picture below.
 * 50 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 51 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 52 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * 64 || 236 ||  ||   || Steady State with 144 cells
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Here is the picture for n = 49, life span of 811 turns!