Trice tongs
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 16 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 7 × 7 | ||||||||
| Frequency class | 40.6 | ||||||||
| Period | 3 (mod: 3) | ||||||||
| Heat | 4.7 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | / | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Robert Wainwright | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1982 | ||||||||
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Trice tongs is a period-3 oscillator that was found by Robert Wainwright in February 1982.[1] In terms of its 7×7 bounding box it ties with jam as the smallest period 3 oscillator.
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
- Trice tongs at the Life Lexicon
- 16P3.3 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Patterns with Catagolue frequency class 40
- Natural periodic objects
- Oscillators with 16 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 16
- Patterns with 16 cells
- Patterns found by Robert Wainwright
- Patterns found in 1982
- Patterns that can be constructed with 8 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 4
- Oscillators with volatility 0.35
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.35
- Oscillators with / symmetry