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'''Toaster''' (or '''lightweight volcano''') is a {{period|5}} [[oscillator]] that was found by [[Dean Hickerson]] | '''Toaster''' (or '''lightweight volcano''') is a {{period|5}} [[oscillator]] that was found by [[Dean Hickerson]] on April 1, {{year|1992}}<ref>{{CiteHickersonOscillators|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> that produces [[spark]]s much like a [[lightweight spaceship]] on its left and right sides. A minimal change can be done to change its symmetry type. | ||
A [[stator]] variant of this oscillator appeared [[semi-natural]]ly in April {{year|2018}}, in a [[symmetric]] [[soup]] submitted to [[Catagolue]] by [[Apple Bottom]].<ref name="post59531" /> | A [[stator]] variant of this oscillator appeared [[semi-natural]]ly in April {{year|2018}}, in a [[symmetric]] [[soup]] submitted to [[Catagolue]] by [[Apple Bottom]].<ref name="post59531" /> | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 14 March 2020
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Family | Volcano | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 54 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 15 × 12 | ||||||||
| Period | 5 (mod: 5) | ||||||||
| Heat | 21.6 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.54 | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Dean Hickerson | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1992 | ||||||||
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Toaster (or lightweight volcano) is a period-5 oscillator that was found by Dean Hickerson on April 1, 1992[1] that produces sparks much like a lightweight spaceship on its left and right sides. A minimal change can be done to change its symmetry type.
A stator variant of this oscillator appeared semi-naturally in April 2018, in a symmetric soup submitted to Catagolue by Apple Bottom.[2]
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See also
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- ↑ Apple Bottom (April 27, 2018). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Toaster at the Life Lexicon
- 54P5.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 54 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 54
- Patterns with 54 cells
- Patterns found by Dean Hickerson
- Patterns found in 1992
- Oscillators
- Volcano variants
- Oscillators with period 5
- Oscillators with mod 5
- Oscillators with heat 21
- Oscillators with volatility 0.54
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.54
- Patterns with bilateral orthogonal symmetry
- Sparkers
- Sparkers with period 5
- Dot sparkers
- Strong sparkers