P5 diamond

p5 diamond
x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23 7b2o$2b2obo2bo$2b2ob2obob2o$8bob2o$6o2bo$o7bob2o$2bo7bo$b2obo7bo$4bo2b 6o$b2obo$b2obob2ob2o$4bo2bob2o$4b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] [[ GPS 5 HEIGHT 480 ]]
View static image
Pattern type	Oscillator
Oscillator type	Billiard table
Number of cells	56
Bounding box	13 × 13
Period	5 (mod: 5)
Heat	8.0
Volatility	0.28 | 0.28
Kinetic symmetry	rc
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S0235678 # of rules 27 = 128 Isotropic rules B3aeinq/S2aei3-ciky – B2in34aejkw5aciky6-k78/S01c234-ny5678
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 36† Catagolue-generated RLE synthesis †Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files Plaintext p5diamond.cells RLE p5diamond.rle
Identifiers apgcode xp5_ggmmgm41v0ccz1km0sw898b9cz01107413033

p5 diamond is a period-5 oscillator that frequently appears in 4-fold odd rotationally symmetric soups (C4_1). It has various seminatural stator variants. The form shown in the infobox is the most common form.

On September 22, 2024, pifricted found a 36-glider synthesis.

Gallery

x = 23, y = 23, rule = B3/S23 8b2ob2o$8b2obo$12bo$6b6o$5bo6b3o$5b2o3b2o3bob2o$12bo2bobobo$5b7obobo3b o$4bo6bobobo3bob2o$4bo2b4ob2obo3bob2o$obobobo2bo3bobobobo$2obobob2o5b 2obobob2o$3bobobobo3bo2bobobobo$2obo3bob2ob4o2bo$2obo3bobobo6bo$3bo3bo bob7o$3bobobo2bo$4b2obo3b2o3b2o$8b3o6bo$11b6o$10bo$11bob2o$10b2ob2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 5 ZOOM 10 ]] A period-17 oscillator that phase shifts the p5 diamond using R2-D2 (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here

x = 29, y = 29, rule = B3/S23 9bo$7b5obo5b2o4b2o$bob2obo5b2o4bo2bo3bo$b2obobo2b2o3b2o2b2obo4bo$6bo4b 3o2bobo2b2o2b2o$5b2obo6bo2bobo2bo$4bobo2b6o3b2ob6o$2b3ob3o6b3o3bo5bo$b o3bo3bo2b3o3b2obobo3bo$bobo2bobo6bo2bobobo2bob2o$2b5ob7obobo3bo2bobo$ 7bo6bobobo3bobo2bo$4bo2bo2b5obobobobobobo$3bobobobo6bobobobobob2o$3bo 2bobob3o3b3obobo2bo$b2obobobobobo6bobobobo$2bobobobobobob5o2bo2bo$bo2b obo3bobobo6bo$bobo2bo3bobob7ob5o$2obo2bobobo2bo6bobo2bobo$bo3bobob2o3b 3o2bo3bo3bo$bo5bo3b3o6b3ob3o$2b6ob2o3b6o2bobo$5bo2bobo2bo6bob2o$2b2o2b 2o2bobo2b3o4bo$2bo4bob2o2b2o3b2o2bobob2o$3bo3bo2bo4b2o5bob2obo$2b2o4b 2o5bob5o$19bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 5 ZOOM 10 ]] A period-27 oscillator that phase shifts the p5 diamond (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here

x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 5b2ob2o$5b2ob2o2$5b7o$4bo7bo$3bob2o3b2obob2o$3bobo5bobob2o$2obo9bo$2o bo9bob2o$3bo9bob2o$2obobo5bobo$2obob2o3b2obo$4bo7bo$5b7o2$7b2ob2o$7b2o b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 5 ZOOM 12 ]] A different, much rarer p5 diamond (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here

External links

• P5 diamond at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• p17 phase shifter at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
• p27 phase shifter at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue