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 eaters. 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]
Mark Niemiec found a 17-glider synthesis of this oscillator.[3]
References
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (September 11, 2014). "Re: New p17 and other billiard tables". Retrieved on September 11, 2014.
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (September 10, 2014). "A small modification of dr". Retrieved on September 11, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Niemiec (September 13, 2014). "Re: New p17 and other billiard tables". Retrieved on September 13, 2014.
External links
- 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 17 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