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 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.46 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1973 | ||||||||||
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Pulsar quadrant is a period-3 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in July 1973. It consists of a quarter of the outer part of a pulsar stabilized by a cis-fuse with two tails.
See also
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
- Patterns with 18 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1973
- Patterns that can be constructed with 10 gliders
- Oscillators
- Periodic objects with minimum population 18
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 8
- Oscillators with volatility 0.46
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.46
- Patterns with bilateral diagonal symmetry
- Sparkers
- Sparkers with period 3
- Weak sparkers
- Natural periodic objects
