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'''Light bulb''' is a {{period|2}} [[oscillator]] that was found in {{year|1971}}. Its [[rotor]], known as the '''filament''',<ref name="pddict" /> is the only known 3-[[cell]] period 2 rotor, and it can be embedded in a slightly smaller [[stator]], giving the {{cells|21}}-[[cell]] variant shown below. Two other variants of this oscillator are also known.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pentadecathlon.com/rotors/rotors.php?page=3 |title=Period 2 Oscillator Rotors |accessdate=March 16, 2009}}</ref> Various other small [[induction coil]]s can also be used in place of the [[snake]] at the top of the bulb, including [[house]] and [[bookend]], (the latter of which has a known {{gliders|6}} [[synthesis]]<ref>{{citeCatagolue|title=lightbulb_and_cis-hook|page=object/xp2_03lkmzojc0cjo/b3s23|accessdate=July 16, 2019}}</ref>) though these lead to larger [[bounding box]]es.
'''Light bulb''' is a {{period|2}} [[oscillator]] that was found in {{year|1971}}. Its [[rotor]], known as the '''filament''',<ref name="pddict" /> is the only known 3-[[cell]] period 2 rotor, and it can be embedded in a slightly smaller [[stator]], giving the {{cells|21}}-[[cell]] variant shown below. Two other variants of this oscillator are also known.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pentadecathlon.com/rotors/rotors.php?page=3 |title=Period 2 Oscillator Rotors |accessdate=March 16, 2009}}</ref> Various other small [[induction coil]]s can also be used in place of the [[snake]] at the top of the bulb, including [[house]] and [[bookend]], (the latter of which has a known {{gliders|6}} [[synthesis]] for the resulting oscillator<ref>{{citeCatagolue|title=lightbulb_and_cis-hook|page=object/xp2_03lkmzojc0cjo/b3s23|accessdate=July 16, 2019}}</ref>) though these lead to larger [[bounding box]]es.


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Light bulb
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Babbling brook
Billiard table
Number of cells 23
Bounding box 7 × 9
Period 2
Mod 2
Heat 3
Volatility 0.12
Strict volatility 0.12
Rotor type Filament
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery 1971

Light bulb is a period-2 oscillator that was found in 1971. Its rotor, known as the filament,[1] is the only known 3-cell period 2 rotor, and it can be embedded in a slightly smaller stator, giving the 21-cell variant shown below. Two other variants of this oscillator are also known.[2] Various other small induction coils can also be used in place of the snake at the top of the bulb, including house and bookend, (the latter of which has a known 6-glider synthesis for the resulting oscillator[3]) though these lead to larger bounding boxes.

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A variant of the light bulb that is 2 cells smaller.

References

  1. ↑ "Game of Life Dictionary". Pentadecathlon.com. Retrieved on 2016-10-02.
  2. ↑ "Period 2 Oscillator Rotors". Retrieved on March 16, 2009.
  3. ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "lightbulb_and_cis-hook". Catagolue. Retrieved on July 16, 2019.

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