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Revision as of 03:25, 7 January 2023

Pinwheel
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Billiard table
Family Pinwheel
Number of cells 35
Bounding box 12 × 12
Period 4 (mod: 1)
Heat 4.0
Volatility 0.20 | 0.20
Kinetic symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Simon Norton
Year of discovery 1970

Pinwheel (or Catherine wheel[1]) is a period-4 oscillator found by Simon Norton in April 1970.[2] It is a billiard table configuration and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered. Later, another billiard table clock 2 was found, which has the same stator as pinwheel.

On April 22, 2016, Martin Grant provided a glider synthesis for this oscillator. Using the same precursor, the two routes to pinwheel and clock 2 diverge in the middle.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Catherine wheel". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ Martin Grant (April 22, 2016). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums