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Cook's H-glider, velocity -18c/92 ($\approx $ -c/5)

Figure 2.32: The H glider moves left 18 cells in 92 generations, about -c/5.
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This glider takes so many generations to develop that an analysis by de Bruijn diagram is manifestly beyond reach.



Jose Manuel Gomez Soto 2002-01-31