6 bits
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Oscillator type | Relay | ||||||||||
Number of cells | 49 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 40×26 | ||||||||||
Period | 75 | ||||||||||
Mod | 75 | ||||||||||
Heat | 71.3 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 1.00 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.26 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Robert Wainwright | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1984 | ||||||||||
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6 bits is the smallest known period-75 oscillator. It is a glider shuttle using three pentadecathlons as reflectors. It was found by Robert Wainwright in September 1984.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 49 cells
- Patterns with 49 cells
- Patterns found by Robert Wainwright
- Patterns found in 1984
- Patterns that can be constructed with 10 gliders
- Outer-totalistically endemic patterns
- Oscillators
- Periodic objects with minimum population 49
- Relays
- Oscillators with period 75
- Oscillators with mod 75
- Oscillators with heat 71
- Oscillators with volatility 1.00
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.26