Diamond ring
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||||
Number of cells | 40 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 13 × 13 | ||||||||||
Period | 3 | ||||||||||
Mod | 3 | ||||||||||
Heat | 13.3 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.38 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.38 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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Diamond ring is a period 3 oscillator that was found in 1972 by David Buckingham.[1] Its generations have 40, 44, and 48 cells. In August 2004 Jason Summers found a 28-glider synthesis of a variation of this oscillator with an alternate stator.[2]
References
External links
- Diamond ring at the Life Lexicon
- 40P3.15 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 40 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 40
- Patterns with 40 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Patterns that can be constructed with 28 gliders
- Oscillators
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 13
- Oscillators with volatility 0.38
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.38
- Patterns with complete square symmetry