Hertz oscillator

Hertz oscillator
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Oscillator type	Billiard table
Number of cells	35
Bounding box	11 × 12
Period	8 (mod: 4)
Heat	3
Volatility	0.19 | 0.19
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	JHC group
Year of discovery	1970
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S23678 # of rules 25 = 32 Isotropic rules B3eiy/S2-cn3aeinr – B2in34acejkqz5-jkqr6ace78/S1c234-nt5-e678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 58† Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis Uploaded synthesis RLE hertzoscillator_synth.rle †Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext hertzoscillator.cells RLE hertzoscillator.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp8_gg0gba9jz11078987066zx3213 Pentadecathlon ID 35P8.2

Hertz oscillator is a period-8 oscillator that was found in 1970 by John Conway's group. It features two blocks and two snakes used as induction coils (i.e. to stabilize the sides).

An 11-glider synthesis is known for a stator [https://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xp8_0354ljgzcc0fghgf0352zy1ca2ac/b3s23 variant of this oscillator which uses one block, one boat and two houses for stabilization.

See also

• Cauldron
• Negentropy
• Gray counter

External links

• Hertz oscillator at the Life Lexicon

• Hertz oscillator at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• 35P8.2 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs