User:Sokwe/interesting oscillators

This table contains the "interesting" oscillators that were added to the oscillator page. A clear and widely-accepted definition of "interesting" does not currently exist. Several entries in the "first discovered" column are inaccurate, but they have been left in place after the move from the oscillator page. Feel free to edit this page.

Period	First discovered	Discoverer	Year of discovery		Smallest known	Minimum # of cells
2	blinker	John Conway	1970		blinker	3
3	pulsar	John Conway	1970		caterer	12
4	pinwheel	Simon Norton	1970		mold	12
5	octagon 2	Sol Goodman, Arthur Taber	1971		pseudo-barberpole	15
6	$rats	David Buckingham	1972		unix	16
7	burloaferimeter	David Buckingham	1972		burloaferimeter	28
8	figure eight	Simon Norton	1970		figure eight	12
9	worker bee	David Buckingham	1972		29P9	29
10	42P10.3	David Buckingham	≤1976		24P10	24
11	38P11.1	David Buckingham	1977		rattlesnake	33
12	dinner table	Robert Wainwright	1972		dinner table	33
13	Buckingham's p13	David Buckingham	1976		Beluchenko's p13	34
14	tumbler	George Collins	1970		tumbler	16
15	pentadecathlon	John Conway	1970		pentadecathlon	12
16	two pre-L hasslers	Robert Wainwright	1983		Rob's p16	21
17	54P17.1	Dean Hickerson	1997		honey thieves	36
18	117P18	David Buckingham	≤1991		p18 bi-block hassler	43
19	None found
20	145P20	Noam Elkies	1995	dockyard	48
21	124P21	Robert Wainwright	1995	p21 honey farm hassler	60
22	168P22.1	Noam Elkies	1997	Jason's p22	36
23	David Hilbert	Luka Okanishi, Aidan F. Pierce	2019	David Hilbert	122
24	186P24	Bill Gosper	1994	p24 shuttle	38
25	134P25	Noam Elkies	1994	p25 pre-pulsar shuttle	83
26	p26 pre-pulsar shuttle	David Buckingham	1983	p26 pre-pulsar shuttle	144
27	123P27.1	Noam Elkies	2002	56P27	56
28	newshuttle	David Buckingham	1973	p28 pre-pulsar shuttle	53
29	p29 pre-pulsar shuttle	David Buckingham	1980	p29 pre-pulsar shuttle	54
30	queen bee shuttle	Bill Gosper	1970	queen bee shuttle	20
31	Merzenich's p31	Matthias Merzenich	2010	Merzenich's p31	48
32	gourmet	David Buckingham	1978	gourmet	66
33	Jason's p33	Jason Summers	2000	Jason's p33	60
34	No non-trivial examples found
35	p35 beehive hassler	Dean Hickerson	1995	p35 honey farm hassler	44
36	p36 toad hassler	Robert Wainwright	1984	22P36	22
37	Beluchenko's p37	Nicolay Beluchenko	2009	Beluchenko's p37	124
38	None found
39	?	?	?	?	?
40	p40 B-heptomino shuttle	David Buckingham	1991	Beluchenko's p40	26
41	None found
42	?	?	?	p42 pulsar hassler	148
43	?	?	?	?	?
44	p44 pi-heptomino hassler	David Buckingham	1992	p44 pi-heptomino hassler	102
45	Capped period-45 glider gun	Matthias Merzenich	2010	p45 pi-heptomino hassler	86
46	twin bees shuttle	Bill Gosper	1971	twin bees shuttle	28
47	p47 pre-pulsar shuttle	David Buckingham	1982	p47 pre-pulsar shuttle	84
48	p48 toad hassler	Bill Gosper	1994	69P48	69
49	p49 glider shuttle	Noam Elkies	1999	p49 skewed pulsar hassler	784
50	p50 traffic jam	Noam Elkies	1994	p50 traffic jam	92
51	Beluchenko's p51	Nicolay Beluchenko	2009	Beluchenko's p51	112
52	Four eaters hassling lumps of muck	David Buckingham	1977	four eaters hassling lumps of muck	35
53	?	?	?	?	?
54	p54 shuttle	David Buckingham	1973	p54 shuttle	48
55	p55 pre-pulsar hassler	David Buckingham	1986	p55 pre-pulsar hassler	136
56	p56 B-heptomino shuttle	David Buckingham	≤1991	p56 B-heptomino shuttle	45
57	Capped period-57 glider gun	David Raucci	2021	?	?
58	p58 toadsucker	Bill Gosper	1994	p58 pre-pulsar shuttle	104
59	?	?	?	?	?
60	?	?	?	two queen bee shuttles hassling blinker	33
61	?	?	?	?	?
62	110P62	Noam Elkies	2010	110P62	110
63	p63 skewed pulsar hassler	David Raucci	2021	p63 skewed pulsar hassler	244
64	Merzenich's p64	Matthias Merzenich	2010	Merzenich's p64	34
65	p65 pre-pulsar shuttle	David Raucci	2021	p65 pre-pulsar shuttle	454
66	p66 R-pentomino hassler	David Raucci	2021	p66 R-pentomino hassler	552
67	?	?	?	?	?
68	?	?	?	?	?
69	?	?	?	?	?
70	?	?	?	78P70	78
71	?	?	?	?	?
72	two blockers hassling R-pentomino	Robert Wainwright	1990	two blockers hassling R-pentomino	47
73	?	?	?	?	?
74	p74 honey farm hassler	David Raucci	2021	Raucci's p74	84
75	6 bits	Robert Wainwright	1984	?	?
76	p76 pi-heptomino hassler	David Raucci	2021	p76 pi-heptomino hassler	82
77	?	?	?	?	?
78	?	?	?	?	?
79	?	?	?	?	?
80	?	?	?	two Beluchenko's p40s hassling blinker	59
81	?	?	?	?	?
82	?	?	?	?	?
83	?	?	?	?	?
84	52P84	Jason Summers	2007	52P84	52
85	?	?	?	?	?
86	?	?	?	?	?
87	?	?	?	84P87	84
88	Period-doubled p44 pi-heptomino hassler	Dean Hickerson	1994	49P88	49
89	?	?	?	?	?
90	?	?	?	diuresis	66
91	?	?	?	?	?
92	Capped period-92 glider gun	Dean Hickerson	1991	50P92.1	50
93	?	?	?	?	?
94	capped AK-47 gun	Dean Hickerson	1990	capped AK-94	110
95	?	?	?	?	?
96	p96 Hans Leo hassler	Noam Elkies	1995	p96 honey farm hassler	63
97	?	?	?	?	?
98	?	?	?	p98 R49 loop	146
99	?	?	?	?	?
100	centinal	Bill Gosper	≤1987	centinal	70
101	?	?	?	?	?
102	?	?	?	two Beluchenko's p51s hassling beehive	249
103	?	?	?	?	?
104	B-52 bomber	Noam Elkies	1996	capped B-52 bomber	95
105	?	?	?	?	?
106	?	?	?	?	?
107	?	?	?	?	?
108	?	?	?	?	?
109	?	?	?	?	?
110	p110 traffic jam	Bill Gosper	1994	?	?
111	?	?	?	?	?
112	?	?	?	?	?
113	?	?	?	nihonium	106
114	?	?	?	?	?
115	?	?	?	?	?
116	?	?	?	?	?
117	Capped period-117 glider gun	David Raucci	2021	capped period-117 glider gun	162
118	?	?	?	?	?
119	?	?	?	?	?
120	?	?	?	capped Simkin glider gun	45
121	?	?	?	?	?
122	?	?	?	p122 L122p2 loop	184
123	?	?	?	?	?
124	p124 lumps of muck hassler	Dean Hickerson	1994	p124 lumps of muck hassler	144
125	?	?	?	?	?
126	?	?	?	?	?
127	?	?	?	?	?
128	?	?	?	?	?
129	?	?	?	?	?
130	p130 shuttle	David Eppstein	2001	p130 shuttle	124
131	?	?	?	?	?
132	?	?	?	p132 pi-heptomino hassler	132
133	?	?	?	?	?
134	?	?	?	?	?
135	106P135	Bill Gosper	1989	?	?
136	?	?	?	?	?
137	?	?	?	?	?
138	?	?	?	Gabriel's p138	36
139	?	?	?	?	?
140	?	?	?	?	?
141	?	?	?	p47 pre-pulsar shuttle phase-shifting 28P7.1	114
142	?	?	?	?	?
143	?	?	?	?	?
144	?	?	?	Achim's p144	42
150	?	?	?	?	?
152	?	?	?	?	?
156	p156 Hans Leo hassler	Noam Elkies	1995	Jason's p156	92
165	?	?	?	?	?
168	Pi orbital	Noam Elkies	1995	pi orbital	197
177	Karel's p177	Karel Suhadja	2007	Karel's p177	104
184	?	?	?	capped period-184 glider gun	50
186	?	?	?	?	?
188	?	?	?	AK-94 with boat-bits	108
196	p196 pi-heptomino hassler	David Raucci	2021	p196 pi-heptomino hassler	66
200	p200 traffic jam	Bill Gosper	1994	?	?
217	Raucci's p217	David Raucci	2021	Raucci's p217	236
226	?	?	?	nihonium*	107
230	?	?	?	?	?
240	?	?	?	Simkin glider gun with boat-bits	43
246	?	?	?	period-246 glider gun relative	68
256	?	?	?	capped period-256 glider gun	104
276	?	?	?	two Gabriel's p138s hassling block	76
300	?	?	?	?	?
312	60P312	Dave Greene	2004	60P312	60
320	?	?	?	?	?
360	Period-360 glider gun	David Buckingham	1992	capped period-360 glider gun	108
368	?	?	?	period-184 glider gun with boat-bits	50
486	p486 R-pentomino hassler	David Raucci	2021	p486 R-pentomino hassler	142
492	?	?	?	period-246 glider gun with boat-bit	87
496	?	?	?	?	?
504	?	?	?	R126 loop	111
512	?	?	?	period-256 glider gun with boat-bits	100
576	p576 R-pentomino hassler	David Raucci	2021	p576 R-pentomino hassler	184
808	?	?	?	?	?
856	?	?	?	?	?
2700	crystallization and decay oscillator	Dean Hickerson	1990	Crystallization and decay oscillator	144