Snacker
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 40 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 20 × 11 | ||||||||
| Period | 9 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||||
| Heat | 26.2 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.77 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Mark Niemiec | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||
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Snacker is a pentadecathlon with eater 1 stabilizers that force it into a lower period (from 15 to 9). It was found by in 1972. The stabilizers make the domino spark largely inaccessible, but the snacker is extensible as shown below and so a more accessible period 9 domino spark can be obtained – this is exactly the method that was used to create the first period 18 oscillator, 117P18.
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See also
External links
- Snacker at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 40 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 40
- Patterns with 40 cells
- Patterns found by Mark Niemiec
- Patterns found in 1972
- Patterns that can be constructed with 17 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 9
- Oscillators with heat 26
- Oscillators with volatility 0.77
- Patterns with rectangular orthogonal symmetry