Snake pit
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Oscillator type | Muttering moat | ||||||||||
Billiard table | |||||||||||
Number of cells | 26 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 7×7 | ||||||||||
Period | 2 | ||||||||||
Mod | 1 | ||||||||||
Heat | 4 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.14 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.14 | ||||||||||
Rotor type | Pole 2 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Mark Niemiec | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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Snake pit is a period-2 oscillator made up of four snakes. It has the same rotor as a blinker, with the same external bushing as in fore and back, but with different casing. It was found by Mark Niemiec in 1972.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Robert Wainwright (October 1972). Lifeline, vol 6, page 3.
External links
- Snake pit at the Life Lexicon
- 26P2.261 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 26 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 26
- Patterns with 26 cells
- Patterns found by Mark Niemiec
- Patterns found in 1972
- Oscillators
- Muttering moats
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 2
- Oscillators with mod 1
- Oscillators with heat 4
- Oscillators with volatility 0.14
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.14
- Oscillators with rotor Pole 2
- Patterns with 180-degree rotation symmetry
- Non-flipping oscillators that turn 90 degrees
- Semi-natural periodic objects