Short keys

	Short keys
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	16
Bounding box	12 × 5
Period	3 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	14.7
Volatility	0.73 \| 0.73
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Dean Hickerson
Year of discovery	1989
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B378/S23578
# of rules	25 = 32
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	10
Uploaded synthesis RLE	shortkeys_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	shortkeys.cells
RLE	shortkeys.rle

Short keys is a period 3 oscillator found by Dean Hickerson in August 1989. In August 2004 Jason Summers found a 10-glider synthesis of this oscillator.^[1]

References