It wasn't "found", rather built from smaller components (that were found, of course, and by various computer-aided search techniques plus manual finagling). Its final assembler released a decently-quick rundown in the…
It's actually easily provable, and simply by observation, because "smaller things combining" has a much simpler definition than what you're assuming! What it actually refers to is how some spaceships, such as the…
c/3 diagonal is actually impossible as well - the limit is c/4, proved by Conway himself in Life's early years. His proof can be found here: http://www.njohnston.ca/2009/10/spaceship-speed-limits-in-li...
It wasn't "found", rather built from smaller components (that were found, of course, and by various computer-aided search techniques plus manual finagling). Its final assembler released a decently-quick rundown in the…
It's actually easily provable, and simply by observation, because "smaller things combining" has a much simpler definition than what you're assuming! What it actually refers to is how some spaceships, such as the…
c/3 diagonal is actually impossible as well - the limit is c/4, proved by Conway himself in Life's early years. His proof can be found here: http://www.njohnston.ca/2009/10/spaceship-speed-limits-in-li...