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Portacolone
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Flake

Post by Portacolone »

This is a period-3 oscillator resulting from a collision between the 119P4H1V0 spaceship and a barrier of three vertical 2×2 blocks. It has a stable 13×13 bounding box.

Bounding box: 13×13
Population: 48
Period: 3

x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2b3o3b3o2b$
13b$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
2b3o3b3o2b$
13b$
2b3o3b3o2b$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
13b$
2b3o3b3o2b!
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hotdogPi
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Re: Flake

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This is a pulsar.
User:HotdogPi/My discoveries

Periods discovered:

All evens ≤128 except 52,58,78,82,92,94,98,104,118,122

5-15,㉕-㉛,㉟㊺,51,63,65,73,75
1㊳㊵㊹㊼㊽,54,56,72,74,80,90,92
217,240,300,486,576

Guns: 20,21,32,54,55,57,114,117,124,126
SKOPs: 32,74,76,102,196
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Drelectron8
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Re: Flake

Post by Drelectron8 »

Hello there! You must be new to the forums, this pattern is actually called the "Pulsar" and has existed since it's discovery in 1970.

Putting patterns into view can be done by using the code function:

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(insert pattern code here)
Here is the pattern you provided:

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x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2b3o3b3o2b$
13b$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
2b3o3b3o2b$
13b$
2b3o3b3o2b$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
1o4b1o1b1o4b1o$
13b$
2b3o3b3o2b!
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Neocaridina
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WhiteHawk
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Re: Flake

Post by WhiteHawk »

hotdogPi wrote: January 2nd, 2026, 9:07 pm This is a pulsar.
Would it be beneficial to merge this thread with "unsure discoveries"?

EDIT: And maybe merge some follow-up discussion with "basic questions" or a different thread?
Currently working to improve Life's guns and work on updating SKOPs and Isotropic rules most similar to B3/S23 to Life standards. Will get software to begin searches eventually.

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