Extremely impressive

Extremely impressive
x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$3bob3o$3bo4bo$2obo3b2o$2obo5b2o$4b5o2bo$10b2o$6bo$5bobo$6bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]]
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	30
Bounding box	12 × 10
Period	6 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	4
Volatility	0.31 | 0.31
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	David Buckingham
Year of discovery	1976
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S235678 # of rules 26 = 64
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 30† Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis Uploaded synthesis RLE extremelyimpressive_synth.rle †Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext extremelyimpressive.cells RLE extremelyimpressive.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp6_0ggc2ab1u0ooz32019l91

Extremely impressive is a period 6 oscillator that was found in August 1976 by David Buckingham. A variant of this oscillator with a slightly larger stator can be synthesized from 30 gliders.

Despite the initial appearence of the oscillator, it is in fact not a billiard table configuration - a "wall" that appears to be a part of the stator is briefly broken and immediately repaired over its course.

External links

• Extremely impressive at the Life Lexicon

• Extremely impressive at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue