Pedestle
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||
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Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||||
Number of cells | 52 | ||||||||
Bounding box | 11 × 17 | ||||||||
Period | 5 | ||||||||
Mod | 5 | ||||||||
Heat | 4 | ||||||||
Volatility | 0.17 | ||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.17 | ||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||
Year of discovery | 1973 | ||||||||
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Pedestle is a period-5 oscillator discovered by David Buckingham in 1973.[1][2] Its 10 cell rotor consists of two copies of the rotor in technician.
References
- ↑ Robert Wainwright (March 1973). Lifeline, vol 9, page 3.
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
External links
- Pedestle at the Life Lexicon
- 52P5.2 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 52 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 52
- Patterns with 52 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1973
- Oscillators
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 5
- Oscillators with mod 5
- Oscillators with heat 4
- Oscillators with volatility 0.17
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.17
- Patterns with 180-degree rotation symmetry