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Mazing is a period-4oscillator found by David Buckingham in December 1973.[1] In terms of its 12 cells it is tied with mold as the smallest period 4 oscillator, but mold has a smaller bounding box.
Mazing is about the fifteenth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than the tripole but more common than the blocker.[2] On Catagolue, it is the second most common period 4 oscillator, being less common than mold but more common than the cloverleaf.[3] In diagonal symmetries, including 8-fold symmetries, it is by far the most common period-4 oscillator.
All strict still lifes with a population of 22 or fewer cells, all oscillators with 16 or fewer cells, and all spaceships with 31 or fewer cells are known to be glider-constructible. A glider synthesis of this object can be found in the infobox to the right.
Fourfold variant
On 2022-03-02, Charity Engine discovered in a symmetric soup a highly volatile oscillator comprised of four halves of Mazing mutually supporting an unnamed active region.
