Diamondback
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 33 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 13 × 14 | ||||||||
| Period | 11 (mod: 11) | ||||||||
| Heat | 6.9 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.54 | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | n | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Nora Brown | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2022 | ||||||||
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Diamondback is a period-11 oscillator found by Nora Brown in a symmetric CatForce search and monomerised on November 8, 2022.[1] In terms of its 33 cells, it is currently tied for the smallest known period 11 oscillator with rattlesnake. Its name comes from its similarity to rattlesnake, which was named for having 11 letters and a snake motif; a diamondback is another type of snake (despite the lack of a snake in the oscillator), and diamondback also has 11 letters. In addition, both diamondback and rattlesnake are mostly stator with a small active area. Unlike rattlesnake, diamondback doesn't give off sparks. However, it can perform the same reaction as a singular killer toad at p11, such as converting an octomino II to a glider.
References
- ↑ iNoMed (November 8, 2022). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Diamondback at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
- Diamondback (the actual snake) at Wikipedia
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 33 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 33
- Patterns with 33 cells
- Patterns found by Nora Brown
- Patterns found in 2022
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 11
- Prime-period oscillators
- Oscillators with mod 11
- Oscillators with heat 6
- Oscillators with volatility 0.54
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.54
- Oscillators with n symmetry