P5 quinti-Snark
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| Pattern type | Reflector Oscillator | ||||
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| Number of cells | 87 | ||||
| Bounding box | 22 × 39 | ||||
| Angle | 180° | ||||
| Period | 5 | ||||
| Heat | Unknown | ||||
| Period multiplier | 5× | ||||
| Colour | Colour-changing | ||||
| Discovered by | Tanner Jacobi | ||||
| Year of discovery | 2018 | ||||
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p5 quinti-Snark is a period-quintupling 180-degree reflector discovered by Tanner Jacobi on October 30, 2018[1], using a HW volcano as its sparker.
Even though it contains a period-5 oscillator, it can quintuple the period of glider streams of any (sufficiently large) period; the oscillator is only involved in processing every fifth glider. This makes the reflector more versatile than the quinti-Snarks of any other period. Different choices of period-5 sparker are useful for fitting this into different geometries, as exemplified by various period-5N guns in Chris Cain's updated version of Dieter and Peter's glider gun collection.
Also see
- Quinti-Snark
- p5 bouncer
- p5 bumper
- Snark
- CP semi-Snark
- CC semi-Snark
- CP semi-cenark
- CC semi-cenark
- Tremi-Snark
- Quadri-Snark
- Boojum reflector
- Rectifier
References
- ↑ Tanner Jacobi (October 20, 2018). "Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad". Retrieved on November 17, 2018.