Crystal Growth 2
From Softology's collection · B1,3/S1-2/C5
A crystal from one cell whose inside never stops flickering.
How the rule works
- Each cell has 6 neighbours: the cells that share one of its faces (the von Neumann neighbourhood).
- An empty cell comes alive when 1 or 3 of its neighbours are alive.
- A live cell stays alive when 1 or 2 of its neighbours are alive; otherwise it starts dying: for 3 generations it fades, is not counted as a neighbour and blocks births, then the cell is empty again.
- With 5 states in all (alive, 3 dying, dead), this is a Generations rule.
Picking it in the app restarts the world from a single live cell in the centre of the box.
Notation
| Birth/survival | B1,3/S1-2/C5 |
|---|---|
| Softology, MCell (S/B/C/N) | 1-2/1,3/5/N |
| Neighbourhood | von Neumann (6 faces) |
B lists the neighbour counts at which an empty cell is born, S those at which a live cell survives, and C the number of states. How to read a rule
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