Penny lane
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 34 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 15 × 10 | ||||||||||
| Period | 4 (mod: 4) | ||||||||||
| Heat | 6 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.24 | 0.20 | ||||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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Penny lane[note 1] is a period-4 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in 1972. It uses two blocks and a tub as induction coils.
Notes
- ↑ Named after the song Penny Lane by the Beatles.
External links
- Penny lane at the Life Lexicon
- 34P4.11 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 34 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 34
- Patterns with 34 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Patterns that can be constructed with 27 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 4
- Oscillators with mod 4
- Oscillators with heat 6
- Oscillators with volatility 0.24
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.20
- Patterns with bilateral orthogonal symmetry