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A '''billiard table configuration''' (or simply a '''billiard table''') is an [[oscillator]] in which the [[rotor]] is enclosed within the [[stator]]. Although billiard table configurations are considered interesting for their own sake, they are generally useless for creating larger [[pattern]]s because they do not expose any [[spark]]s to interact with other oscillators or [[spaceship]]s. | [[Image:scrubber_small.gif|right|framed|Scrubber is a simple billiard table]]A '''billiard table configuration''' (or simply a '''billiard table''') is an [[oscillator]] in which the [[rotor]] is enclosed within the [[stator]]. Although billiard table configurations are considered interesting for their own sake, they are generally useless for creating larger [[pattern]]s because they do not expose any [[spark]]s to interact with other oscillators or [[spaceship]]s. | ||
It was long thought that it would be impossible to construct billiard tables by [[glider synthesis]] because the centers are not accessible from outside, but [[:Category:Patterns found by David Buckingham|David Buckingham]] has succeeded in producing syntheses of some billiard tables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/lifebc.zip |title=Alan Hensel's lifebc.zip pattern collection |publisher=Alan Hensel |accessdate=April 4, 2009}}</ref> | It was long thought that it would be impossible to construct billiard tables by [[glider synthesis]] because the centers are not accessible from outside, but [[:Category:Patterns found by David Buckingham|David Buckingham]] has succeeded in producing syntheses of some billiard tables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/lifebc.zip |title=Alan Hensel's lifebc.zip pattern collection |publisher=Alan Hensel |accessdate=April 4, 2009}}</ref> | ||
Examples of billiard table configurations include [[airforce]], [[cauldron]], [[clock 2]], [[Hertz oscillator]], [[negentropy]], [[pinwheel]], [[pressure cooker]], and [[scrubber]]. | Examples of billiard table configurations include [[airforce]], [[cauldron]], [[clock 2]], [[Hertz oscillator]], [[negentropy]], [[pinwheel]], [[pressure cooker]], and [[scrubber]]. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[:Category:Billiard table configurations|List of billiard table configurations]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:04, 4 April 2009
Scrubber is a simple billiard table
A billiard table configuration (or simply a billiard table) is an oscillator in which the rotor is enclosed within the stator. Although billiard table configurations are considered interesting for their own sake, they are generally useless for creating larger patterns because they do not expose any sparks to interact with other oscillators or spaceships.
It was long thought that it would be impossible to construct billiard tables by glider synthesis because the centers are not accessible from outside, but David Buckingham has succeeded in producing syntheses of some billiard tables.[1]
Examples of billiard table configurations include airforce, cauldron, clock 2, Hertz oscillator, negentropy, pinwheel, pressure cooker, and scrubber.
See also
References
- ↑ "Alan Hensel's lifebc.zip pattern collection". Alan Hensel. Retrieved on April 4, 2009.
External links
- Billiard table configuration at the Life Lexicon