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Revision as of 11:28, 3 December 2018

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. It is a billiard table configuration and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Catherine wheel". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.