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All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible

In the Game of Life, which still lifes can be produced by crashing gliders together? We’ve known for a few years that the answer cannot be “all of them”, because in 2022 Ilkka Törmä and Ville Salo found a patch of still life that, if it exists in the universe, must have existed since the beginning of time. And so…
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Jan 15, 2026All 23-Bit Still Lifes Are Glider Constructible by HeliumHydride12716

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