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[#R465] The 6 by 3 Köynnös agar passes the singleton test

claim. Salo and Törmä give a 6 by 3 periodic Life fixed point whose only global predecessor is itself; it therefore strongly simulates the constant map on a singleton SFT.

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1Summary

Repeat the following three rows periodically: \[ P=\begin{pmatrix} 1&1&1&0&0&0\\ 0&1&0&1&1&1\\ 0&0&0&0&1&0 \end{pmatrix}. \] Salo and Törmä call the resulting configuration Köynnös. Every live cell has three live neighbors and every dead cell has four, so \(g(x^P)=x^P\). Their finite forcing certificate proves the stronger statement \[ g^{-1}(x^P)=\{x^P\}. \] Take a singleton alphabet \(D=\{d\}\), a singleton SFT \(Y=\{y\}\), and its only block map. Set \((m,n)=(6,3)\), \(\tau(d)=P\), and map the only Life predecessor to \(y\). This is a strong simulation of that target.

The example closes the easiest singleton specialization. Any obstruction to full strong universality must use a richer target or another invariant. The binary full-shift test in this packet does so.

Supported evidence. Recorded scope: the singleton SFT and its constant block map, strongly simulated by the explicit 6 by 3 Köynnös macrotile.

2Evidence

Evidence package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: doi.org ↗, Ville Salo and Ilkka Törmä, What Can Oracles Teach Us About the Ultimate Fate of Life?, ICALP 2022, Section 3.1, Köynnös, especially Lemma KoynnosForcing and the following global forcing argument

3What was measured

Macrotile width
6
Macrotile height
3
Global predecessor count
1
Independent replay in this packet
no

4How it connects

Recorded for

5Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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  "body": "Repeat the following three rows periodically:\n\\[\nP=\\begin{pmatrix}\n1&1&1&0&0&0\\\\\n0&1&0&1&1&1\\\\\n0&0&0&0&1&0\n\\end{pmatrix}.\n\\]\nSalo and Törmä call the resulting configuration Köynnös. Every live cell has three live neighbors and every dead cell has four, so \\(g(x^P)=x^P\\). Their finite forcing certificate proves the stronger statement\n\\[\ng^{-1}(x^P)=\\{x^P\\}.\n\\]\nTake a singleton alphabet \\(D=\\{d\\}\\), a singleton SFT \\(Y=\\{y\\}\\), and its only block map. Set \\((m,n)=(6,3)\\), \\(\\tau(d)=P\\), and map the only Life predecessor to \\(y\\). This is a strong simulation of that target.\n\nThe example closes the easiest singleton specialization. Any obstruction to full strong universality must use a richer target or another invariant. The binary full-shift test in this packet does so.",
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6Provenance

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Project
life-strong-block-universality-research
Locator
Ville Salo and Ilkka Törmä, What Can Oracles Teach Us About the Ultimate Fate of Life?, ICALP 2022, Section 3.1, Köynnös, especially Lemma KoynnosForcing and the following global forcing argument
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
Ville Salo, Ilkka Törmä
Public record
R465
Stable alias
life-sbu-claim-koynnos-singleton-simulation
Projection
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