Germ
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 31 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 10 × 10 | ||||||||
| Period | 3 (mod: 3) | ||||||||
| Heat | 3.3 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | n | ||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||
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Germ is a period-3 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in September 1972.[1]
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
- Germ at the Life Lexicon
- Germ at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
- 31P3.988 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 31 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 31
- Patterns with 31 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Oscillators
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 3
- Oscillators with volatility 0.15
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.15
- Oscillators with n symmetry