Pentant

Pentant
x = 10, y = 12, rule = B3/S23 2o$bo$bobo$2b2o4b2o$9bo$5b4o$5bo$2bo3b3o$2b4o2bo$5bo$4bo$4b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ GPS 2 ZOOM 16 LOOP 5 ]]
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	28
Bounding box	10 × 12
Period	5 (mod: 5)
Heat	4
Volatility	0.29 | 0.29
Kinetic symmetry	n
Discovered by	David Buckingham
Year of discovery	1976
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S023678 # of rules 26 = 64 Isotropic rules B3aijkq/S2-n3-ace – B2i34ceqtyz5cei6-ik78/S0234-ajw5-nq678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 21† Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis Uploaded synthesis RLE pentant_synth.rle †Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext pentant.cells RLE pentant.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp5_g0giegmp3z11074x6a8o Pentadecathlon ID 28P5.2

Pentant is a period-5 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham on July 11, 1976.

See also

• Smallest period 5 oscillators
• Hooks, which uses a similar mechanism

External links

• Pentant at the Life Lexicon

• Pentant at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• 28P5.2 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs