Blinker
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 3 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 3 × 3 | ||||||
| Period | 2 | ||||||
| Mod | Unknown | ||||||
| Heat | 4 | ||||||
| Volatility | 0.80 | ||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.80 | ||||||
| Discovered by | John Conway | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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The blinker is the smallest and most common oscillator. In fact, it is more than one hundred times as frequently-occurring as the second most common oscillator, the toad.[1] It was found by John Conway in March 1970. It is one of only a handful of known oscillators that is a polyomino, and it is the only known oscillator that is one cell thick (although the pentadecathlon is "almost" one cell thick in that there is a one cell thick pattern that is a grandparent of it).
See also
External links
- Blinker at the Life Lexicon
- ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
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- Patterns
- Oscillators with 3 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 3
- Patterns with 3 cells
- Patterns found by John Conway
- Patterns found in 1970
- Patterns that can be constructed with 2 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 2
- Oscillators with heat 4
- Oscillators with volatility 0.80
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.80
- Patterns with D2 symmetry