Eater/block frob
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 20 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 10×10 | ||||||||||
Period | 4 | ||||||||||
Mod | 4 | ||||||||||
Heat | 8.5 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.55 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.55 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||||||
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Eater/block frob is a period-4 oscillator found by David Buckingham in 1976 or earlier.[1] Composed of an eater 1, a block, and what is roughly a melusine, it is essentially a tub-with-tail eater constantly being hassled. "Frob" is used by MIT as a generic term meaning "thing".[2]
The block can be replaced with a long hook with tail, and the eater 1 can be replaced with an eater bridge eater or an emulator.
Its grin makes it useful in the p4 bumper.
This oscillator first appeared naturally on April 3, 2022, in a soup found by Charity Engine using apgsearch.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- ↑ Mark Niemiec (November 27, 2016). Re: Help with names (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Ian07 (April 3, 2022). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Eater/block frob at the Life Lexicon
- Eater/block frob at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page
- 20P4.4 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
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- Oscillators with 20 cells
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- Patterns with 20 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns that can be constructed with 12 gliders
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- Oscillators with mod 4
- Oscillators with heat 8
- Oscillators with volatility 0.55
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.55
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