Bracket quasar

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Bracket quasar
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 144
Bounding box 35 × 35
Period 3 (mod: 3)
Heat 160
Volatility 0.91 | 0.91
Kinetic symmetry *c
Discovered by David Bell
Year of discovery 1993

Bracket quasar is a period-3 oscillator discovered by David Bell on the 7th of March, 1993,[1] two days after the discovery of the bracket pulsar.

Its name is derived from the bracket pulsar, of which it is an extension, and the quasar, which is an extension of the "original" pulsar to this size (12 units instead of 4, in the same positions). It can be extended infinitely beyond this, like pulsar and cross themselves can be.

Like with the bracket pulsar, individual quadrants can be skewed (example) to create related oscillators of differing symmetries.

References

  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on 14 December 2021.