Pulsar quadrant
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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Number of cells | 18 | ||||||||
Bounding box | 9 × 9 | ||||||||
Period | 3 (mod: 3) | ||||||||
Heat | 8 | ||||||||
Volatility | 0.46 | 0.46 | ||||||||
Kinetic symmetry | / | ||||||||
Rotor type | Pulsar | ||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||
Year of discovery | 1973 | ||||||||
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Pulsar quadrant (or pulse) is a period-3 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in July 1973.[1] It consists of a quarter of the outer part of a pulsar stabilized by a cis-fuse with two tails.
Commonness
Information on this oscillator's commonness with respect to other naturally-occurring patterns is currently unknown.
LCM oscillators
The smallest known oscillator of period 228 is an LCM oscillator comprised of a pulsar quadrant and a p76 pi-heptomino shuttle.
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See also
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
- Pulsar quadrant at the Life Lexicon
- 18P3.39 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 18 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 18
- Patterns with 18 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1973
- Patterns that can be constructed with 8 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 8
- Oscillators with volatility 0.46
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.46
- Oscillators with / symmetry
- Oscillators with rotor Pulsar
- Sparkers
- Sparkers with period 3
- Weak sparkers
- Natural periodic objects