The Game of Life:
Tetrominoes and other patterns.
Maths Workshop
 
Tetrominoes.

Tetrominoes are made up of four neighbours which are joined together in different ways by moving squares either horizontally or vertically. There are five tetrominoes which are illustrated below:

Los 5 tetrominós

Complete the exercises below.

Exercise 1

Describe the evolution of 5 tetrominoes and find out if their evolution depends on where they are located on the grid.

Configuration patterns b and c above eventually form the following stable pattern which is known as the BEEHIVE.

Colmena estable

Configuration pattern e eventually forms and oscillating figure of period 2 called TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

Semáforos oscilantes
Exercise 2

The following box contains a collection of initial configuration patterns and their names. Examine the evolution of each one and find out what they have in common.
       
           
  José Luis Alonso Borrego.
 
Spanish Ministry of Education. Year 2001
 
 

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