Candlefrobra

	Candlefrobra
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Family	Candlefrobra
Number of cells	16
Bounding box	10×5
Frequency class	32.5
Period	3
Mod	3
Heat	6
Volatility	0.41
Strict volatility	0.41
Rotor type	Hook eating tub
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B3678/S23678
Important rules	Conway Life, HighLife
# of rules	26 = 64
Isotropic rules	B3-kqy/S23acjnr – B34ckqrwyz5aeiny678/S234-arw5-jq678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	7
Catagolue-generated RLE	candlefrobra_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	candlefrobra_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	candlefrobra.cells
RLE	candlefrobra.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp3_025qz32qq1
Pentadecathlon ID	16P3.4

Candlefrobra (or cis-block and long hook eating tub) was found by either Robert Wainwright in November 1984^[1] or Dean Hickerson on September 10, 1989.^[2]^{[note 1]}

Commonness

Candlefrobra is about the forty-seventh most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census.^[4] On Catagolue, it is the fifth most common period 3 oscillator, being less common than caterer but more common than candlefrobra on cis-beehive.^[5]

↑ This discrepancy appears to be due to a mistake while writing the Life Lexicon. Hickerson does not give this oscillator a name in his collection, and instead uses "candlefrobra" to refer to a variant of candelabra, attributing the latter to Wainwright instead.^[3]

↑ "Candlefrobra". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on March 15, 2020.
↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 15, 2020.
↑ Dave Greene (March 14, 2020). Re: Thread for basic questions (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Census". Catagolue. Retrieved on October 27, 2018.