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{{Oscillator
'''Pinwheel''' (or '''Catherine wheel''') is a [[period]] [[:Category:Oscillators with period 4|4]] [[oscillator]] found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Simon Norton|Simon Norton]] in April [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]].
|name            = Pinwheel
|pname            = pinwheel
|family          = Pinwheel
|f1              = Billiard table
|c                = 35
|bx              = 12
|by              = 12
|p               = 4
|m                = 1
|h                = 4.0
|v                = 0.20
|sv              = 0.20
|discoverer       = Simon Norton
|discoveryear    = 1970
|rulemin          = B3/S23
|rulemax          = B3678/S0235678
|rulespecial      = [[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]], [[HighLife]]
|isorulemin      = B3ik/S2ik3aeinr
|isorulemax      = B2in34-intw5aceiy678/S01e234-n5678
|synthesis        = 199
|synthesisRLE    = true
|plaintext       = true
|rle             = true
|animated         = yes
|viewerconfig    = #C [[ TRACKLOOP 4 0 0 GPS 2 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
|apgcode          = xp4_gg0g88bbgz11078c9a7066zy033
|pentadecathlonid = 35P4.10
}}
'''Pinwheel''' (or '''Catherine wheel'''<ref>{{CiteLexicon|file=lex_c.htm#catherinewheel|name=Catherine wheel|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}</ref>) is a [[period]] [[:Category:Oscillators with period 4|4]] [[oscillator]] found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Simon Norton|Simon Norton]] in April [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It is a [[billiard table configuration]] and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Clock 2]]
*[[Clock 2]]
*[[Sixty-nine]]
==References==
<references />


==External links==
==External links==
[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_p.htm#pinwheel Pinwheel] at the Life Lexicon
{{LinkLexicon|lex_p.htm#pinwheel}}
{{LinkCatagolue|xp4_gg0g88bbgz11078c9a7066zy033}}
{{LinkPentadecathlonObject|35P4.10}}
 
{{Symmetry|osc=turn90}}

Revision as of 03:27, 19 May 2019

Pinwheel
6b2o4b$6b2o4b2$4b4o4b$2obo4bo3b$2obo2bobo3b$3bo3b2ob2o$3bobo2bob2o$4b 4o4b2$4b2o6b$4b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ TRACKLOOP 4 0 0 GPS 2 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Billiard table
Family Pinwheel
Number of cells 35
Bounding box 12 × 12
Period 4
Mod 1
Heat 4.0
Volatility 0.20
Strict volatility 0.20
Discovered by Simon Norton
Year of discovery 1970

Pinwheel (or Catherine wheel[1]) is a period 4 oscillator found by Simon Norton in April 1970. It is a billiard table configuration and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Catherine wheel". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.

External links

Retrieved from "https://conwaylife.com/w/index.php?title=Pinwheel&oldid=61098"