Comparison of oscillator analysis tools

This page compares tools used for analyzing still lifes, oscillators and spaceships alongside the information they output.

We assume that the input pattern runs in B3/S23, as these tools are used for computing information for wiki infoboxes.

Oscillators

Datum		Oscillizer	Oscillizer-Web	Nakano	LifeViewer	Catagolue
Period		≤1200	≤~1000	?	≤4194303	Yes
Mod	Value	No	No	?	Yes	No
	Transformation	No	No	?	Yes	No
Kinetic symmetry		No	No	?	No	No
Population	Minimum	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	Maximum	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes
	Average	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
	Sum over period	No	No	?	No	No
	Signature	No	No	?	No	No
Active cells	Rotor	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
	Stator	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
	Total	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
Volatility	Normal	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
	Strict	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
Heat	Minimum	Yes	No	?	Yes	No
	Maximum	Yes	No	?	Yes	No
	Average	Yes	No	?	Yes	No
	Sum over period	No	No	?	No	No
	Signature	No	No	?	No	No
Temperature	Active	Yes	No	?	Yes	No
	Rotor	Yes	No	?	Yes	No
Bounding box	XY	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
	Area	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
Supported by rules	Minimum (outer-totalistic)	Yes	No	?	No	No
	Maximum (outer-totalistic)	Yes	No	?	No	No
	Minimum (isotropic)	No	No	?	No	Yes
	Maximum (isotropic)	No	No	?	No	Yes
apgcode		No	No	?	No	Yes

Mapping

Map type	Oscillizer	Oscillizer-Web	Nakano	LifeViewer	Catagolue
Period map	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No
Frequency map	No	No	?	No	No
Signature map	No	No	?	No	No
Domain coloring	No	No	?	No	No

Spaceships

Datum		Nakano	LifeViewer	Catagolue
Period		?	Yes
Mod	Value	?	Yes
	Transformation	?	Yes
Kinetic symmetry		?	No
Population	Minimum	?	Yes
	Maximum	?	Yes
	Average	?	Yes
	Sum over period	?	No
	Signature	?	No
Direction		?	Yes
Slope		?	Yes
Speed	Unsimplified	?	Yes
	Simplified	?	Yes
Heat	Minimum	?	Yes
	Maximum	?	Yes
	Average	?	Yes
	Sum over period	?	No
	Signature	?	No
Bounding box	XY	?	Yes
	Area	?	Yes
Supported by rules	Minimum (outer-totalistic)	?	No
	Maximum (outer-totalistic)	?	No
	Minimum (isotropic)	?	No
	Maximum (isotropic)	?	No
apgcode		?	No

Example maps

The p96 Hans Leo hassler is used for these demos due to its low period and diverse set of subperiods. Legends are not included.

LifeViewer does not display the initial pattern inside the period map as to do so would be redundant given that the input pattern is already accessible.

Period maps

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  Oscillizer
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  Oscillizer-Web
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  Oscillizer-Web, interiors enabled
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  Oscillizer-Web, borders enabled
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  Nakano

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  LifeViewer (builds 804-808)
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  LifeViewer (builds 809-814)
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  LifeViewer (build 815)
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  LifeViewer (builds 816-942)
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  LifeViewer (builds 943-956)
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  LifeViewer (builds 957-969)
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  LifeViewer (build 970)
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  LifeViewer (builds 971-present)