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The '''blinker''' is the smallest and most [[common]] [[oscillator]], found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It is one of only a handful of known oscillators that is a [[polyomino]], and it is the only known oscillator that is [[one cell thick pattern|one cell thick]] (although the [[pentadecathlon]] is "almost" one cell thick in that there is a one cell thick pattern that is a [[grandparent]] of it). | The '''blinker''' is the smallest and most [[common]] [[oscillator]], found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It is one of only a handful of known oscillators that is a [[polyomino]], and it is the only known oscillator that is [[one cell thick pattern|one cell thick]] (although the [[pentadecathlon]] is "almost" one cell thick in that there is a one cell thick pattern that is a [[grandparent]] of it). | ||
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 3 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 3 × 3 | ||||||
| Period | 2 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||
| Heat | 4 | ||||||
| Volatility | 0.80 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||
| Discovered by | John Conway | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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The blinker is the smallest and most common oscillator, found by John Conway in March 1970. It is one of only a handful of known oscillators that is a polyomino, and it is the only known oscillator that is one cell thick (although the pentadecathlon is "almost" one cell thick in that there is a one cell thick pattern that is a grandparent of it).
Commonness
The blinker is more than one hundred times as common in Achim Flammenkamp's census as the second most common oscillator, the toad.[1] The blinker is also the second most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
- ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
External links
- Blinker at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 3 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 3
- Patterns with 3 cells
- Patterns found by John Conway
- Patterns found in 1970
- Patterns that can be constructed with 2 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 2
- Oscillators with heat 4
- Oscillators with volatility 0.80
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.80
- Patterns with rectangular orthogonal symmetry
- Flipping oscillators