p3 bumper

p3 bumper
x = 59, y = 52, rule = B3/S23 58bo$56b2o$57b2o7$49bo$47b2o$48b2o14$3o29bo$o31bobo$bo30b2o7$9b3o11bo$ 9bo13bobo$10bo12b2o2$2bo$2b3o$5bo$4b2o2$6b2obo6b2o$6bo4bo3bo2bo$7b2o2b o4bobo$7bo3bo5bo$8bo$8bob2obo7b2o$12bo8bo$12bo9b3o$24bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 X -12 Y 9 Z 12 GPS 12 HEIGHT 480 AUTOSTART LOOP 99 ]]
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Pattern type	Reflector Oscillator
Number of cells	38
Bounding box	23×14
Angle	90°
Period	3
Heat	Unknown
Discovered by	Arie Paap Tanner Jacobi
Year of discovery	2018
Rules Outer-totalistic rules only Important rules Conway Life # of rules Unknown
Pattern files Plaintext p3bumper.cells RLE p3bumper.rle

p3 bumper is a variant of Tanner Jacobi's bumper found by Arie Paap in April 2018. This bumper allowed Entity Valkyrie to make the new smallest p57 in October 2018. An alternate form of the period 3 oscillator catalyst (based on the caterer) is shown below. It uses a loaf, eater 1 and an edge-repair sparker.

x = 59, y = 54, rule = B3/S23 58bo$56b2o$57b2o7$49bo$47b2o$48b2o14$3o29bo$o31bobo$bo30b2o7$9b3o11bo$ 9bo13bobo$10bo12b2o7$9bo6b2o$4b4o3bo3bo2bo$7bo3bo4bobo$11bo5bo$8bo$4b 2obo2b2obo7b2o$4bob2obob2obo6bo$8bobo2b2o7b3o$5b3o3bo12bo$5bo2b3o$8bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 X -12 Y 9 Z 12 GPS 12 HEIGHT 480 AUTOSTART LOOP 99 ]]

(click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

For bounding box optimization purposes, it's also possible to replace the eater 1 with a 33P3.1, saving one row along the south edge at the cost of a higher population. This also works with a p6 bumper, p9 bumper, or p15 bumper.

x = 59, y = 51, rule = B3/S23 58bo$56b2o$57b2o7$49bo$47b2o$48b2o14$3o29bo$o31bobo$bo30b2o7$9b3o11bo$ 9bo13bobo$10bo12b2o2$2bo$2b3o20bo$5bo18bobo3bo$4b2o18bobo2bobo$25bo3bo bo$6b2obo6b2o12bo$6bo4bo3bo2bo7b4o$7b2o2bo4bobo$7bo3bo5bo7b3o$8bo19bo$ 8bob2obo7b2o3bobo$12bo8bo2bobobobo$12bo9b2o5b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 X -12 Y 9 Z 12 GPS 12 HEIGHT 480 AUTOSTART LOOP 99 ]]

(click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

The repeat time for all these variants is 36 ticks, as shown.

See also

• p57 bumper loop

External links

• p3 bumper at the Life Lexicon