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	Pinwheel
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	35
Bounding box	12 × 12
Period	4 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	4.0
Volatility	0.20 \| Unknown
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Simon Norton
Year of discovery	1970
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B3678/S0235678
# of rules	28 = 256
Pattern files
Plaintext	pinwheel.cells
RLE	pinwheel.rle

Revision as of 14:18, 19 June 2016

Pinwheel (or Catherine wheel) is a period 4 oscillator found by Simon Norton in April 1970. It is a billiard table configuration and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered.

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-{{Oscillator|p=4|c=35|h=4.0|bx=12|by=12|name=Pinwheel|pname=pinwheel|discoveryear=1970|discoverer=Simon Norton|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true|animated=yes|v=0.20|rulespecial=[[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]|rulemin=B3/S23|rulemax=B3678/S0235678}}
+{{Oscillator
+|name         = Pinwheel
+|pname        = pinwheel
+|c            = 35
+|bx           = 12
+|by           = 12
+|p            = 4
+|h            = 4.0
+|v            = 0.20
+|discoverer   = Simon Norton
+|discoveryear = 1970
+|rulemin      = B3/S23
+|rulemax      = B3678/S0235678
+|rulespecial  = [[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]
+|life105      = true
+|life106      = true
+|plaintext    = true
+|rle          = true
+|animated     = yes
+}}
 '''Pinwheel''' (or '''Catherine wheel''') is a [[period]] [[:Category:Oscillators with period 4|4]] [[oscillator]] found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Simon Norton|Simon Norton]] in April [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It is a [[billiard table configuration]] and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered.