14P2.4

14P2.4
x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 b3o2$2o2bobo$5bo$bo4b2o$3bo$3bobo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ LOOP 2 GPS 2 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	14
Bounding box	8×7
Period	2
Mod	2
Heat	22
Volatility	0.88
Strict volatility	0.88
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S2 – B35678/S2345678 Important rules Conway Life, HighLife # of rules 210 = 1024 Isotropic rules B3-acky/S2ik3cy – B2i34-jknz5678/S2345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 30 (17†) Catagolue-generated RLE 14p2.4_synth.rle Uploaded synthesis RLE 14p2.4_synth.rle †Can be constructed with 17 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext 14p2.4.cells RLE 14p2.4.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp2_4l1148kgzx302 Pentadecathlon ID 14P2.19

14P2.4 is a very small but still unnamed period-2 oscillator. It is one of two 14-bit oscillators which have not appeared in an asymmetric soup on Catagolue yet, the other being octapole.

One name proposed for this pattern is "melting clock".

See also

• Lei
• 14P2.1
• 14P2.3

External links

• 14P2.19 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs

• 14P2.4 at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

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