Category
page 1Cellular automaton patterns
Sierpiński triangle
fractal composed of triangles
glider
moving pattern of five live cells in Conway's Game of Life
Garden of Eden
cellular automaton pattern that cannot be the successor of any other pattern
oscillator
cellular automaton pattern that returns to its original state and position after a finite number of steps
gun
cellular automaton pattern that periodically produces gliders or spaceships
methuselah
a type of cellular automaton pattern that takes many generations to stabilize
puffer
cellular automaton pattern that moves, maintaining its structure but leaving a repeating pattern of debris behind it
spaceship
finite moving pattern in a cellular automaton
still life
an unchanging pattern in a cellular automaton
Toothpick sequence
geometric fractal-like pattern
von Neumann universal constructor
a self-replicating pattern in a cellular automaton, designed by John von Neumann