Toaster
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Family | Volcano | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 54 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 15 × 12 | ||||||||
| Period | 5 (mod: 5) | ||||||||
| Heat | 21.6 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.54 | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Dean Hickerson | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1992 | ||||||||
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Toaster (or lightweight volcano) is a period-5 oscillator that was found by Dean Hickerson in April 1992 that produces sparks much like a lightweight spaceship on its left and right sides. A minimal change can be done to change its symmetry type.
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See also
External links
- Toaster at the Life Lexicon
- 54P5.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 54 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 54
- Patterns with 54 cells
- Patterns found by Dean Hickerson
- Patterns found in 1992
- Oscillators
- Volcano variants
- Oscillators with period 5
- Oscillators with mod 5
- Oscillators with heat 21
- Oscillators with volatility 0.54
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.54
- Patterns with bilateral orthogonal symmetry
- Sparkers
- Sparkers with period 5
- Dot sparkers
- Strong sparkers