Loading dock
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 22 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 9 × 8 | ||||||||
| Period | 3 | ||||||||
| Mod | 3 | ||||||||
| Heat | 2.7 | ||||||||
| Volatility | 0.17 | ||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.17 | ||||||||
| Rotor type | Six Ls | ||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||
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Loading dock is a period 3 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in September 1972. It has the same rotor as six Ls.
Synthesis
A 14-glider synthesis was found by Jeremy Tan on March 29, 2019 based on a soup submitted to Catagolue.[1]
References
- ↑ Jeremy Tan (March 29, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Loading dock at the Life Lexicon
- 22P3.92 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 22 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 22
- Patterns with 22 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Patterns that can be constructed with 14 gliders
- Oscillators
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 3
- Oscillators with mod 3
- Oscillators with heat 2
- Oscillators with volatility 0.17
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.17
- Oscillators with rotor Six Ls
- Patterns with 180-degree rotation symmetry
- Semi-natural periodic objects