14P2.4

14P2.4
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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† Catagolue-generated RLE xp2_4l1148kgzx302_synth.rle Uploaded synthesis RLE xp2_4l1148kgzx302_synth.rle †Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext xp2_4l1148kgzx302.cells RLE xp2_4l1148kgzx302.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp2_4l1148kgzx302 Pentadecathlon ID 14P2.19

14P2.4, 14-bit P2 #4 (apgcode xp2_4l1148kgzx302) is a small, unnamed period-2 oscillator.

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

Construction

A 30-glider synthesis for this oscillator was found by Goldtiger997 in 2018.

Occurrence

See also: List of common oscillators

As of February 2023, this is one of two 14-cell oscillators which are yet to arise naturally from an asymmetric soup on Catagolue, alongside the octapole.

On March 4, 2023, Charity Engine found a C4_4 soup that produces 4 copies of 14P2.4. This is the first occurrence of the oscillator in a soup of any symmetry.

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