Thumb 1
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 36 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 13 × 10 | ||||||||||
| Period | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 9 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 5.1 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.42 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.42 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Dean Hickerson | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1998 | ||||||||||
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Thumb 1 is a period-9 thumb oscillator that was found by Dean Hickerson in October 1998. It is the smallest period-9 sparker by population (the smaller 29P9 is not a sparker).
See also
External links
- Thumb 1 at the Life Lexicon
- 36P9.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 36 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 36
- Patterns with 36 cells
- Patterns found by Dean Hickerson
- Patterns found in 1998
- Patterns that can be constructed with between 70 and 79 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 9
- Oscillators with mod 9
- Oscillators with heat 5
- Oscillators with volatility 0.42
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.42
- Sparkers
- Sparkers with period 9
- Weak sparkers