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	Beacon
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	6
Bounding box	4 × 4
Period	2
Mod	Unknown
Heat	2
Volatility	Unknown
Strict volatility	Unknown
Discovered by	John Conway
Year of discovery	1970
Pattern files
Plaintext	beacon.cells
RLE	beacon.rle

Revision as of 00:20, 8 February 2009

The beacon is the third most common oscillator (after the blinker and toad).^[1] It was found by John Conway in March 1970.

↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.

Beacon at the Life Lexicon

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	The '''beacon''' is the third most common [[oscillator]] (after the [[blinker]] and [[toad]]).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/freq_top_life.html \|title=Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life \|author=Achim Flammenkamp \|date=September 7, 2004 \|accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref> It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway\|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970\|1970]].		The '''beacon''' is the third most common [[oscillator]] (after the [[blinker]] and [[toad]]).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/freq_top_life.html \|title=Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life \|author=Achim Flammenkamp \|date=September 7, 2004 \|accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref> It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway\|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970\|1970]].