Blocker
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 15 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 10 × 5 | ||||||||
| Period | 8 (mod: 4) | ||||||||
| Heat | 9 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.89 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Robert Wainwright | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||||
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Blocker is a period 8 oscillator found by Robert Wainwright. It is a useful dot sparker consisting of two blocks hassling an unnamed object. It reappears half way through its cycle rotated through 180 degrees.
Blocker is about the sixteenth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than mazing but more common than jam.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
External links
- Blocker at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 15 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 15
- Patterns with 15 cells
- Patterns found by Robert Wainwright
- Patterns that can be constructed with 5 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 8
- Oscillators with mod 4
- Oscillators with heat 9
- Oscillators with volatility 0.89
- Non-flipping oscillators that turn 180 degrees