Honey thieves
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 36 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 15 × 15 | ||||||||
| Period | 17 | ||||||||
| Mod | 17 | ||||||||
| Heat | 13.9 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.71 | ||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.71 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Matthias Merzenich | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2014 | ||||||||
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Honey thieves is a period-17 oscillator, consisting of a honey farm predecessor hassled by 4 eater 1s. It is the smallest known period 17 oscillator in terms of minimum population, though 54P17.1 still has a slightly smaller bounding box.
It was discovered by Matthias Merzenich in September 2014[1] with a modified version of Dean Hickerson's drifter search program, that facilitates discovery of symmetric oscillators.[2]
One of the eaters can be replaced by a periodic version of Eater 2 to yield 90P51, 72P68 or 74P85, using a p3, p4 and p5 version respectively.
Mark Niemiec found a 17-glider synthesis of this oscillator.[3] A 15-glider synthesis was found in November 2021, quickly followed by a 13-glider synthesis.[4][5]
| Final steps of syntheses: 17G (top left), 15G (bottom left), 13G (bottom right) (click above to open LifeViewer) |
References
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (September 11, 2014). Re: New p17 and other billiard tables (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (September 10, 2014). A small modification of dr (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Mark Niemiec (September 13, 2014). Re: New p17 and other billiard tables (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ shinjuku (#1743473016) (November 3, 2021). Job triggered by Adam P. Goucher at GitLab Catagolue project.
- ↑ iNoMed (October 29, 2021). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Honey thieves at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
- 36P17.1 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 Matthias Merzenich
- Patterns found in 2014
- Patterns that can be constructed with 13 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 17
- Prime-period oscillators
- Oscillators with mod 17
- Oscillators with heat 13
- Oscillators with volatility 0.71
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.71
- Patterns with 180-degree rotation symmetry
- Honey farm hasslers