Surprise
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||||
| Number of cells | 36 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 10×9 | ||||||||||
| Period | 3 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 3 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 5.3 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.20 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.20 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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Surprise is a period 3 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in November 1972.
External links
- Surprise at the Life Lexicon
- 36P3.49 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 36 cells
- Patterns with 36 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Oscillators
- Periodic objects with minimum population 36
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 5
- Oscillators with volatility 0.20
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.20
- Patterns with 180-degree rotation symmetry
