Queen bee shuttle
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 20 | ||||||
| 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 cis-queen bee shuttle shown to the right and the trans-queen bee shuttle shown below are about the 18th and 19th most common naturally-occurring oscillators.[1]
Image gallery
File:Queenbee3.png A slightly different queen bee shuttle, known as the trans-queen bee shuttle Download RLE: click here |
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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