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		sp332 on July 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conway's Game of Life That's not quite right. Conway originally intended that no pattern could grow indefinitely, but a pattern was quickly found that could grow forever: the Gosper glider gun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_%28cellular_automaton%29

Scriptor on July 29, 2009 | [–]

What process did people use to discover patterns like this? Is there a special rule for being able to incrementally build up a pattern in Life?

NathanKP on July 29, 2009 | [–]

True. I was thinking about growth in which it was not an oscillating reaction.

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