Block on griddle

	Block on griddle
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Family	Griddle
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	6×7
Frequency class	30.0
Period	2
Mod	1
Heat	6
Volatility	0.33
Strict volatility	0.33
Rotor type	Flutter
Discovered by	Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery	1972
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B3678/S02345678
Important rules	Conway Life, HighLife
# of rules	29 = 512
Isotropic rules	B3nqr/S2aei3anr – B2-ae34-nt5-ejnr678/S02345678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	6
Catagolue-generated RLE	griddleandblock_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	griddleandblock_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	griddleandblock.cells
RLE	griddleandblock.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp2_c8b8aczw33
Pentadecathlon ID	15P2.28

Block on griddle (or singular flip flop) is a period-2 oscillator that was discovered by Robert Wainwright in July 1972.^[1]

Commonness

Block on griddle is about the thirty-sixth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being slightly less common than the cis-beacon down on long hook, approximately as common as the boat on spark coil, and more common than fore and back and 21P2.^[2]

In October 2014, Ivan Fomichev found a 6-glider synthesis for this pattern based on a soup from Adam P. Goucher's apgsearch script.^[3]

↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
↑ "Soup search results". Retrieved on November 9, 2014.