#Life 1.05 #D Orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 11 #D Population is unbounded but does not tend to infinity. Its graph is a #D sawtooth function with ever-increasing teeth. More specifically, the #D population in generation t = 36*11^n - 37 (n>=1), is 7(t+1)/30 + 746, but the #D population in generation 12*11^n - 51 (n>=1) is only 635 if n is even, 633 if #D n is odd. This uses a spark from a period 9, speed c/3 orthogonal spaceship, #D found by David Bell, to turn a LWSS into a loaf, which is then pulled back by #D pairs of LWSSs. When the loaf is pulled all the way back, it gets deleted and #D the cycle begins again. (The deletion is caused by interaction with a LWSS #D and with 3 gliders which would otherwise form a LWSS.) #D #D Try putting something in the path of the c/3, far away from the guns. When #D the beam of LWSSs hits the resulting garbage, it is likely that a loaf will #D eventually be formed and pulled back. No matter where the loaf starts, when #D it reaches the guns it will be deleted by one of 3 different reactions. (The #D block behind the c/3 is used for one of these; it's not needed for the #D sawtooth pattern itself.) The beam of LWSSs will again be released and may #D eventually form another loaf. The process may be repeated many times until #D either the LWSS beam burns through the garbage or the reaction moves upstream #D and consumes the guns. #D #D Dean Hickerson, dean@ucdmath.ucdavis.edu 5/15/92 #N #P 20 5 ** .* .*.* ..** #P 21 -11 ...............*...** ..............*....*** ................***...* .*.........*...*.**.*.** .**........***......*.* ..*.**.*.**..*....*..*** ..*...***...*........*.**.* ..*.....**..*....******....** *.*....**..................** ..*.....**..*....******....** ..*...***...*........*.**.* ..*.**.*.**..*....*..*** .**........***......*.* .*.........*...*.**.*.** ................***...* ..............*....*** ...............*...** #P 29 7 *.* *..* ...** .*...** ...** *..* *.* #P 39 9 ...* ..*.* .*.** **.** .*.** ..*.* ...* #P 54 12 .* ** #P 31 16 * ** #P 26 19 *** * .* #P 51 25 ** .* #P 40 23 ** .* ...** ...*** ...** .* ** #P 27 25 ..** .* * * * .* ..** #P 17 27 * ** #P 41 -24 .* ** #P 31 -27 *.* *...* ....* .....* ....* *...* *.* #P 15 -29 ...** .*..* * * * .*..* ...** #P 23 -25 * *.* ** #P -1 -26 ....* ..*.* ** ** ** ..*.* ....* #P -5 -22 * ** .* #P -11 -24 ..** .* * * * .* ..** #P -21 -19 ..** .*.* .* ** #P 2 -17 * .** ** #P 18 -10 ** * #P 13 -2 .** **** **.** ..** #P 3 -5 ...* ....* *...* .**** #P -27 -5 ...* ....* *...* .**** #P -25 -18 *.* ** .* #P 4 -30 .* ** #P -7 -33 ** *..* ....* ....* ....* *..* ** #P -20 -35 ...* ..**** .**.**** ***.**...* .**.**...* ..*****...* ...*...*** #P -30 -32 ** * #P -48 -32 ** .* #P -51 -27 ...* .*...* .***** **...** .***** ..*** ...* #P -53 -8 **...** . *.....* . .**.** ...* #P -48 0 ** * .*** ...* #P -47 -14 *.* .** .* #P -57 -2 * *** ...* ..** #P -55 6 ..*** .*...* . *.....* **...** #P -53 22 **...** . *.....* . .**.** ...* #P -50 32 * ** #P -44 -5 .* *.* .* #P -43 7 .** *.* ..* #P -23 -13 .**.........** *..*.......*..* ***.........*** ...********* ..*..*****..* ..**..***..** #P -31 9 * ** #P -23 6 ...** ..*.* .*** *** .*** ..*.* ...** #P -12 4 ...* ..*.* **...* .*...* **...* ..*.* ...* #P 1 2 ..** ..* *.* ** #P -3 14 .** *.* ..* #P -28 22 ** * #P -23 20 ....* ..*.* .*.* *..* .*.* ..*.* ....* #P -5 22 ** *** ..**.* ..*..* ..**.* *** ** #P 6 24 .* **