Mazing

Mazing
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	12
Bounding box	7×7
Frequency class	26.6
Period	4
Mod	2
Heat	14
Volatility	1.00
Strict volatility	0.92
Discovered by	David Buckingham
Year of discovery	1973
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B3678/S02378 Important rules Conway Life, HighLife # of rules 26 = 64 Isotropic rules B3-jkqy/S2ace3ajr – B2cik34-aw5-a678/S0234-q5-iq6-a78
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 5 Catagolue-generated RLE mazing_synth.rle Uploaded synthesis RLE mazing_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext mazing.cells RLE mazing.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp4_ssj3744zw3 Pentadecathlon ID 12P4.2

Mazing is a period 4 oscillator found by David Buckingham in December 1973. In terms of its 12 cells it is tied with mold as the smallest period 4 oscillator, but mold has a smaller bounding box.

Commonness

Mazing is about the fifteenth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than the tripole but more common than the blocker. On Catagolue, it is the second most common period 4 oscillator, being less common than mold but more common than the cloverleaf.

See also

• Popover
• Sixty-nine

External links

• Mazing at the Life Lexicon

• Mazing at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

• 12P4.2 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs