Queen bee shuttle
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 23 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 22 × 9 | ||||||
| Period | 30 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||
| Heat | 17.9 | ||||||
| Volatility | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||
| Discovered by | Bill Gosper | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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The queen bee shuttle is a period 30 oscillator with a number of ways to stabilize the ends. The shuttles were originally stabilized against one another in a square of eight shuttles. Some simpler methods are shown here involving blocks and an eater 1; for another method see buckaroo. The queen bee shuttle is the basis of all known true period 30 guns. It was found by Bill Gosper in 1970.
The two queen bee shuttles shown below are about the 18th and 19th most common naturally-occurring oscillators.[1]
Image gallery
A queen bee shuttle stabilized by two blocks, known as the cis-queen bee shuttle.
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A slightly different queen bee shuttle, known as the trans-queen bee shuttle.
See also
References
- ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
External links
Queen bee shuttle at the Life Lexicon