Block on griddle

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Block on griddle
x = 6, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 3bo$bobo$o4bo$6o2$2b2o$2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ GPS 2 THUMBSIZE 2 ]]
Pattern type Oscillator
Family Griddle
Number of cells 15
Bounding box 6 × 7
Frequency class 30.0
Period 2 (mod: 1)
Heat 6
Volatility 0.33 | 0.33
Kinetic symmetry n-e
Rotor type Flutter
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery 1972

Block on griddle (or singular flip flop) is a period-2 oscillator that was discovered by Robert Wainwright in July 1972.[1] It is a griddle stabilized by a block.

Occurrence

See also: List of common oscillators

Block on griddle is about the thirty-sixth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being slightly less common than the cis-beacon down on long bookend, approximately as common as the boat on spark coil, and more common than fore and back and xp2_8e1t2gozw23.[2] It is the 32nd most common oscillator on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.

It is the most common griddle oscillator, being about 5 1/2 times more common than second place, beehive on griddle.

Glider synthesis

In October 2014, Ivan Fomichev found a 6-glider synthesis for this pattern based on a soup from Adam P. Goucher's apgsearch script.[3] A 5-glider synthesis was found in July 2020.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ Ivan Fomichev (October 6, 2014). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. ↑ Ian07 (July 18, 2020). Re: Randomly enumerating glider syntheses (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums