Muttering moat 1

	Muttering moat 1
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Oscillator type	Muttering moat
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	7×7
Period	2
Mod	1
Heat	10
Volatility	0.50
Strict volatility	0.50
Discovered by	Dean Hickerson
Year of discovery	1993
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B35678/S02345678
Important rules	Conway Life, HighLife
# of rules	210 = 1024
Isotropic rules	B3cjry/S2aek3n – B2n34-ry5678/S02345678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	11
Catagolue-generated RLE	mutteringmoat1_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	mutteringmoat1_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	mutteringmoat1.cells
RLE	mutteringmoat1.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp2_0m24gl3z3201
Pentadecathlon ID	15P2.12

Muttering moat 1 is a period-2 oscillator and muttering moat that was found in May 1993 by Dean Hickerson.

Synthesis

Martin Grant and Goldtiger997 found a 21-glider synthesis of Muttering moat 1 on March 2, 2017.^[1] This was improved to 11 gliders by Mark Niemiec in March 2019.^[2]

↑ Goldtiger997. Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
↑ Mark Niemiec (March 28, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums