Rich's p16
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 34 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 15 × 14 | ||||||||
| Period | 16 | ||||||||
| Mod | 8 | ||||||||
| Heat | 29 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.97 | ||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.97 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Rich Holmes | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2016 | ||||||||
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- Not to be confused with Rob's p16.
Rich's p16 is a period-16 oscillator that was found by Rich Holmes on July 5, 2016 using Adam P. Goucher's apgsearch.[1] It consists of a bi-boat interacting with unnamed objects that then create two more boats, but flipped.
It can slightly interact with a rock snake-type object in a non-trivial way.[2] It can also act as a T-nose.
Tanner Jacobi and Michael Simkin used Rich's p16 on the day of its discovery to optimize various guns.[3][4]
Rich's p16 also makes banana sparks, allowing for interesting reactions.
Synthesis
BlinkerSpawn found an 18-glider synthesis of Rich's p16 on the day of its discovery,[5] which Mark Niemiec noticed could be reduced to 17 gliders.[6] Martin Grant improved this synthesis to 16 gliders on July 13.[7] BlinkerSpawn subsequently found a 14-glider synthesis on June 27, 2017,[8] and Alex Greason and Goldtiger997 together reduced the synthesis to 12 gliders on October 18, 2019.[9]
Gallery
| RIch's p16 interacting with an eater 1, aircraft carrier, bipole and beacon. (click above to open LifeViewer) Catagolue: here |
| Unix on Rich's p16, the former smallest known p48 oscillator by population (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here |
| Blonker on Rich's p16, a p48 oscillator (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here |
| Fumarole on Rich's p16, formerly the smallest known p80 oscillator (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here |
| Tumbler on Rich's p16,[10] the smallest known p112 oscillator by population (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here |
See also
References
- ↑ Ivan Fomichev (July 5, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (July 5, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Tanner Jacobi (July 5, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Michael Simkin (July 5, 2016). Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ BlinkerSpawn (July 5, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Mark Niemiec (July 5, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Martin Grant (July 13, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ BlinkerSpawn (June 27, 2017). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Goldtiger997 (October 18, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ GUYTU6J (July 27, 2019). Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Rich's p16 at the Life Lexicon
- Rich's p16 at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 34 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 34
- Patterns with 34 cells
- Patterns found by Rich Holmes
- Patterns found in 2016
- Patterns that can be constructed with 12 gliders
- Oscillators
- Oscillators with period 16
- Oscillators with mod 8
- Oscillators with heat 29
- Oscillators with volatility 0.97
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.97
- Patterns with bilateral orthogonal symmetry
- Flipping oscillators
- Sparkers
- Sparkers with period 16
- Strong sparkers
- Weak sparkers
- Semi-natural periodic objects
- T-noses