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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 17 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 11 × 7 | ||||||
| Period | 5 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||
| Heat | 8.8 | ||||||
| Volatility | 0.63 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||
| Discovered by | Stephen Silver | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 2000 | ||||||
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Silver's p5 is a period 5 oscillator that was found by Stephen Silver in February 2000. In terms of its 17 cells it is the third smallest known period 5 oscillator, after pseudo-barberpole and octagon 2. As it has no spark, it appears upon first glance to be useless. Nonetheless, in March 2000, David Eppstein found a way to use it to reduce the size of Noam Elkies' period 5 reflector. In May 2007 Mark Niemiec found a 14-glider synthesis of a variation of this oscillator that uses an aircraft carrier rather than a snake for stabilization.
See also
External links
- Silver's p5 at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 17 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 17
- Patterns with 17 cells
- Patterns found by Stephen Silver
- Patterns found in 2000
- Patterns that can be constructed with 14 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 5
- Oscillators with heat 8
- Oscillators with volatility 0.63
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.63