Why not
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Family | Griddle | ||||||||||
| Number of cells | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 7×7 | ||||||||||
| Frequency class | 39.9 | ||||||||||
| Period | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 2 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 15 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.68 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.68 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1977 | ||||||||||
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Why not is a period-2 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in July 1977 that is extremely similar to by flops; in fact, in one of its phases it differs by only one cell.
External links
- Why not at the Life Lexicon
- 14P2.20 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Patterns with Catagolue frequency class 39.9
- Natural periodic objects
- Oscillators with 14 cells
- Patterns with 14 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1977
- Patterns that can be constructed with 7 gliders
- Oscillators
- Periodic objects with minimum population 14
- Griddle variants
- Oscillators with period 2
- Oscillators with mod 2
- Oscillators with heat 15
- Oscillators with volatility 0.68
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.68
- Patterns with bilateral orthogonal symmetry
