Bent keys

Bent keys
x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 bo8bo$obo6bobo$bob2o2b2obo$4bo2bo$4bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ GPS 2 ZOOM 22 LOOP 3 ]]
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	16
Bounding box	12×5
Frequency class	39.2
Period	3
Mod	3
Heat	14.7
Volatility	0.73
Strict volatility	0.73
Discovered by	Dean Hickerson
Year of discovery	1989
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B3678/S23678 Important rules Conway Life, HighLife # of rules 26 = 64 Isotropic rules B3-kqy/S2-i3cjnqr – B2n34-aejn5-c678/S234-arw5-jq678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 8 Catagolue-generated RLE bentkeys_synth.rle Uploaded synthesis RLE bentkeys_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext bentkeys.cells RLE bentkeys.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp3_2524sws4252 Pentadecathlon ID 18P3.29

Bent keys is a period 3 oscillator found by Dean Hickerson in August 1989. In September 2004 Jason Summers found a 10-glider synthesis of this oscillator, which was improved to 8 gliders by Jeremy Tan in June 2019. It can be extended infinitely, like the odd keys.

See also

• Odd keys
• Short keys

External links

• Bent keys at the Life Lexicon

• Bent keys at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• 18P3.29 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs