| Pi orbital |
x = 59, y = 59, rule = B3/S23
14b2o10b2o$13bo2bo8bo2bo$13b3o2b6o2b3o$16b2o6b2o$15bo10bo$15b2obo4bob
2o$20b2o$12bo25b2o10bo$7b4o3bo4bo6bo11b2o10bo$10bo3bo2b5o2bo3b4o18bo$
14bo2b5o2bo3bo20b2o$11bo6b3o3bo22bo$12b2o5bo7bo18bo4bo$25b2o19bo9b2o$
48b3o5bobo$53b2obobo$53bobobo$55bo$35b2o11bo5bo2bo$7b2o26bobo10b2o4bo$
7b2o28b2o9bo5bo3bo$35bobo16bo3bo$20b2o13b2o17bo$23bobo28bo2bo$25bo21b
3o5bo$23bo21bo7bobobo$19bo25bo4bo2b2obobo$9bo10b2o24bo9bobo$9bo38b2o6b
2o$9bo39bo$b2o6b2o38bo$obo9bo36bo$obob2o2bo4bo$bobobo7bo$3bo5b3o$bo2bo
$4bo$o3bo$o3bo5bo39b2o$4bo4b2o39b2o$bo2bo5bo$3bo$bobobo$obob2o$obo5b3o
$b2o9bo19b2o$7bo4bo18bo7bo5b2o$11bo22bo3b3o6bo$8b2o20bo3bo2b5o2bo$8bo
18b4o3bo2b5o2bo3bo$8bo10b2o11bo6bo4bo3b4o$8bo10b2o25bo$37b2o$32b2obo4b
ob2o$32bo10bo$33b2o6b2o$30b3o2b6o2b3o$30bo2bo8bo2bo$31b2o10b2o!
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| Pattern type |
Oscillator |
| Number of cells |
305 |
| Bounding box |
59×59 |
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168 |
| Mod |
42 |
| Heat |
270.7 |
| Volatility |
0.91 |
| Strict volatility |
0.61 |
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| Discovered by |
Noam Elkies |
| Year of discovery |
1995 |
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Pi orbital is a period 168 oscillator that was found by Noam Elkies in August 1995. It works by using four crowns and four blocks to turn a pi heptomino ninety degrees every 42 generations. A second pi heptomino can be inserted to reduce the period to 84. On March 26, 2009 Nicolay Beluchenko found a relatively small period 12 sparker that could replace the crowns. On April 6, 2010 Matthias Merzenich discovered the Blocked p4-4
period 4 oscillator that also supports the oscillator.
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 An alternate version of pi orbital using Nicolay Beluchenko's period 12 oscillator RLE: here |
 Alternate form by Matthias Merzenich |
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