Antiphase why bother

Antiphase why bother
x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 4bo$2bobo$bo4bo$ob4obo$bo4bo$3bobo$3bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 48 GPS 2 LOOP 2 ]]
View static image
Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	16
Bounding box	8 × 7
Frequency class	41.3
Period	2
Mod	1
Heat	12
Volatility	0.55
Strict volatility	0.55
Rotor type	Flutter
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B3678/S2345678 # of rules 28 = 256 Isotropic rules B3nqr/S2ci3cy – B2-ae34-ejkt5-e678/S02345678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 7 Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis Uploaded synthesis RLE antiphasewhybother_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext antiphasewhybother.cells RLE antiphasewhybother.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp2_882t2kgz01252 Pentadecathlon ID 16P2.97

Antiphase why bother (or two trans griddles with two tubs) is a period-2 oscillator that strongly resembles why not and by flops.

This oscillator can be used as a replacement catalyst for a tub, as shown in the example below.

x = 51, y = 33, rule = B3/S23 32bo$31bobo$14bo17bobo$12b2o15b2obo$8b2o4b2o16bob2o$8b2o3bo16bobo$31bo bo$32bo3$14b3o$12b2o2bo$12bo2b2o32b2o$12b3o34bo$47bobo$47b2o2$2b2o$bob o$bo34b3o$2o32b2o2bo$34bo2b2o$34b3o3$18bo$17bobo$18bobo16bo3b2o$15b2ob o16b2o4b2o$18bob2o15b2o$16bobo17bo$17bobo$18bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 12 GPS 20 HEIGHT 500 WIDTH 640 AUTOSTART ]]

p100 lumps of muck hassler found by Luke Kiernan on August 22, 2022 and reduced by iNoMed (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here

Occurrence

See also: List of common oscillators

Antiphase why bother is about the 300th most common period 2 oscillator. It is about four times more common than the similar why bother.

Construction

Mark Niemiec's database lists an 103-glider synthesis for this oscillator. In 2015, Extrementhusiast found an 18-glider synthesis. In September 2016, Bob Shemyakin found a 9-glider synthesis for this oscillator by colliding a mango with six gliders. In December 2022, Chris857 found a different three-stage 9-glider synthesis. At some point later, a 4-glider synthesis of the base p2 constellation was discovered, leading to an 8-glider synthesis of the oscillator.^{[citation needed]} On January 5, 2024, KtT found a cheaper cleanup which lowered the synthesis cost to 7 gliders.

x = 87, y = 78, rule = B3/S23 2bo$obo$b2o15$63bo$63bobo$63b2o12$53bo28bo$53b2o27bobo$52bobo25bo4bo$ 79bob4obo$80bo4bo$81bobo$83bo7$42b2o$43b2o$42bo5$41b2o$42b2o$41bo2$37b 3o$39bo$38bo18$83b2o$83bobo$83bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 WIDTH 700 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 8 X 15 Y 0 THEME Book AUTOSTART GPS 24 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 60 PAUSE 1 T 344 PAUSE 2 T 357 PAUSE 1 LOOP 358 ]]

A 7G synthesis (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 40, y = 27, rule = B3/S23 11bo$12bo$10b3o$2bo$obo$b2o2$25bobo$25b2o$26bo$35bo$16bo18bobo$15bobo 15bo4bo$14bo2bo14bob4obo$14bobo16bo4bo$15bo18bobo$36bo$5bo$5b2o$4bobo 2$29b2o$29bobo$29bo$19b3o$19bo$20bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 12 THEME Book AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 36 PAUSE 2 T 49 PAUSE 1 LOOP 50 ]]

Second stage of a 9G synthesis (click above to open LifeViewer)

External links

• Antiphase why bother at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• The 98 sixteen-bit period 2 oscillators at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page (download pattern file: 16/16tdtst2.rle)
• 16P2.97 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs