New five
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 29 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 9 × 9 | ||||||||
| Period | 3 (mod: 3) | ||||||||
| Heat | 3.3 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | n | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Dean Hickerson | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1990 | ||||||||
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New five is a period-3 oscillator that was found by Dean Hickerson in January 1990.[1]
Its name is due to its rotor consisting of five cells. Its stator can be reduced by one cell, making for a 28-cell stabilisation.
| Original and reduced versions (click above to open LifeViewer) |
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
- New five at the Life Lexicon
- 29P3.170 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 29 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 29
- Patterns with 29 cells
- Patterns found by Dean Hickerson
- Patterns found in 1990
- Oscillators
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 3
- Oscillators with volatility 0.16
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.16
- Oscillators with n symmetry
- Rumbling rivers