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'''6 bits''' is the smallest known {{period|75}} [[oscillator]]. It is a glider [[shuttle]] using three [[pentadecathlon]]s as [[reflector]]s. It was found by [[Robert Wainwright]] in September {{year|1984}}.<ref>{{CiteHickersonOscillators|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> | '''6 bits''' is the smallest known {{period|75}} [[oscillator]]. It is a glider [[shuttle]] using three [[pentadecathlon]]s as [[reflector]]s. It was found by [[Robert Wainwright]] in September {{year|1984}}.<ref>{{CiteHickersonOscillators|accessdate=March 14, 2020}}</ref> | ||
Moving the lower right pentadecathlon back allows the oscillator to have any period of the form 75+120N. | |||
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| Oscillator type | Relay | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 49 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 40 × 26 | ||||||||
| Period | 75 (mod: 75) | ||||||||
| Heat | 71.3 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 1.00 | 0.26 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Robert Wainwright | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1984 | ||||||||
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6 bits is the smallest known period-75 oscillator. It is a glider shuttle using three pentadecathlons as reflectors. It was found by Robert Wainwright in September 1984.[1]
Moving the lower right pentadecathlon back allows the oscillator to have any period of the form 75+120N.
See also
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 49 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 49
- Patterns with 49 cells
- Patterns found by Robert Wainwright
- Patterns found in 1984
- Patterns that can be constructed with 10 gliders
- Outer-totalistically endemic patterns
- Oscillators
- Relays
- Oscillators with period 75
- Oscillators with mod 75
- Oscillators with heat 71
- Oscillators with volatility 1.00
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.26