$rats
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||||||||
| Number of cells | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Bounding box | 12 × 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Period | 6 (mod: 6) | ||||||||||||||
| Heat | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | n | ||||||||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
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$rats is a period-6 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in September 1972.[1][2] It was one of the first period 6 oscillators to be discovered, and it is a billiard table configuration.
References
- ↑ Robert Wainwright (October 1972). Lifeline, vol 6, page 3.
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
- $rats at the Life Lexicon
- 32P6.7 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 32 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 32
- Patterns with 32 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Patterns that can be constructed with between 100 and 199 gliders
- Patterns that can be constructed with between 70 and 79 gliders
- Oscillators
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 6
- Oscillators with mod 6
- Oscillators with heat 2
- Oscillators with volatility 0.17
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.17
- Oscillators with n symmetry