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Quiescent ring

 
Figure: By definition, a quiescent configuration is a still life.  

A sequence of pure zeroes is a still life whenever zero is quiescent; the resulting redundancy is generally avoided by omitting the quiescent configuration from all cycle censuses. Figure gif contains the sixteen cell ring satisfying this description.



Harold V. McIntosh
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