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Pattern type	Oscillator
Oscillator type	Billiard table
Number of cells	32
Bounding box	9 × 9
Period	3 (mod: 3)
Heat	5.3
Volatility	0.22 \| 0.22
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Rotor type	Snake tub
Discovered by	Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery	1972
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B37/S0234678
# of rules	26 = 64
Isotropic rules	B3er/S2-cn3cenr – B2-ac34ajqtw5-enr6-e7/S01c2345-r678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	16†
Catagolue-generated RLE	synthesis
Uploaded synthesis RLE	snakedance_synth.rle
	†Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files
Plaintext	snakedance.cells
RLE	snakedance.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp3_kc0f1ab8oz11d58f032
Pentadecathlon ID	32P3.754

Revision as of 18:16, 27 December 2019

Snake dance is a period-3 oscillator that was found by Robert Wainwright in May 1972. It has the same rotor as snake pit 2.

A 16-glider synthesis was found by Jeremy Tan on March 29, 2019 based on a soup submitted to Catagolue.^[1]

↑ Jeremy Tan (March 29, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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-'''Snake dance''' is a [[period]] [[:Category:Oscillators with period 3|3]] [[oscillator]] that was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Robert Wainwright|Robert Wainwright]] in May [[:Category:Patterns found in 1972|1972]]. It has the same [[rotor]] as [[snake pit 2]].
+'''Snake dance''' is a {{period|3}} [[oscillator]] that was found by [[Robert Wainwright]] in May {{year|1972}}. It has the same [[rotor]] as [[snake pit 2]].
 ==Synthesis==