Difference between revisions of "Pinwheel"
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|c = 35 | |c = 35 | ||
|bx = 12 | |bx = 12 |
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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Oscillator type | Billiard table | ||||||
Family | Pinwheel | ||||||
Number of cells | 35 | ||||||
Bounding box | 12 × 12 | ||||||
Period | 4 | ||||||
Mod | 1 | ||||||
Heat | 4.0 | ||||||
Volatility | 0.20 | ||||||
Strict volatility | Unknown | ||||||
Discovered by | Simon Norton | ||||||
Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||
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Pinwheel (or Catherine wheel) is a period 4 oscillator found by Simon Norton in April 1970. It is a billiard table configuration and possibly the first period 4 oscillator discovered.
See also
External links
- Pinwheel at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 35 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 35
- Patterns with 35 cells
- Patterns found by Simon Norton
- Patterns found in 1970
- Oscillators
- Pinwheel variants
- Billiard tables
- Oscillators with period 4
- Oscillators with mod 1
- Oscillators with heat 4
- Oscillators with volatility 0.20
- Non-flipping oscillators that turn 90 degrees