p6 pipsquirter

p6 pipsquirter
x = 15, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 3b2ob2o$b3obob3o$o4bo4bo$ob2o2b2obobo$bo2b2o3bobo$2b2o2b2obobob2o$4bo 4bobob2o$4b4ob2o$8bo$6bobo$6b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ ZOOM 20 Y -1 GPS 3 LOOP 6 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Oscillator type	Pipsquirter
Number of cells	50
Bounding box	15 × 14
Period	6
Mod	6
Heat	9
Volatility	0.41
Strict volatility	0.41
Discovered by	Noam Elkies
Year of discovery	1997
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S23678 # of rules 25 = 32 Isotropic rules B3-j/S23 – B34ceq5aci6en78/S234acjkqrw5-e678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 139† Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis Uploaded synthesis RLE pipsquirter1_synth.rle †Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext pipsquirter1.cells RLE pipsquirter1.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp6_oe1dicggz6t1mhmgn8a6zw122qq1

p6 pipsquirter (also known as pipsquirter 1) is a period-6 pipsquirter that was found on November 15, 1997 by Noam Elkies. It features a block acting as an induction coil and its phases have 50, 50, 53, 50, 52, and 53 cells, respectively.

Synthesis

Martin Grant found a 276-glider synthesis of the p6 pipsquirter on March 17, 2016.

As a reflector

The p6 pipsquirter has the ability to act as a 90-degree glider reflector when it is combined with a block, boat and eater 1. The input path and output path of the glider are shown below.

x = 22, y = 17, rule = b3/s23 12bo9b$3b2o6b2o9b$3bo7bobo5bo2b$5bo12bo3b$4b4o10b3ob$3bo4bo13b$3b5obo 12b$b2o3bo2bo12b$o2b3obob2o9b2o$2obobobo8b2o2b2o$3bo2bob2o2b2obobo4b$ 3b2obobo7bo5b$5bobob2o11b$5bobobo8b2o2b$6bo2bo8bo3b$7b2o10b3o$21bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 WIDTH 500 HEIGHT 450 ZOOM 12 GPS 12 AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 LOOP 20 ]]

Pipsquirter 1 supporting a p6 bouncer (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

Image gallery

Generation 5 reveals that this oscillator really is a pipsquirter

x = 14, y = 10, rule = B3/S23 4bo$3b4o$2bo3bo$3bo5b2o$3o2b3o3bo$o2b2o3bo2bo$b2o2b2o3bo$3bobo5b3o$3b obo7bo$4bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 20 Y -1 AUTOSTART GPS 3 LOOP 6 ]] A smaller p6 pipsquirter (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• Pipsquirter 2

External links

• p6 pipsquirter at the Life Lexicon

• P6 pipsquirter at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue