Rich's p16

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Rich's p16
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 34
Bounding box 15 × 14
Period 16
Mod 8
Heat 29
Volatility 0.97
Strict volatility 0.97
Discovered by Rich Holmes
Year of discovery 2016

Rich's p16 is a period 16 oscillator that was found by Rich Holmes on July 5, 2016 using Adam P. Goucher's apgsearch.[1] It consists of a bi-boat interacting with unnamed objects that then create two more boats, but flipped. It can slightly interact with a snake in a non-trivial way.[2] It can also act as a T-nose.

Tanner Jacobi and Michael Simkin used Rich's p16 on the day of its discovery to optimize various guns.[3][4]

Synthesis

Blinkerspawn found an 18-glider synthesis of Rich's p16 on the day of its discovery,[5] which Mark Niemiec noticed could be reduced to 17 gliders.[6] Martin Grant improved this synthesis to 16 gliders. Blinkerspawn subsequently found a 14-glider synthesis on June 27, 2017.[7]

See also

References

  1. Ivan Fomichev (2016-07-05). "Re: Soup search results". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  2. Matthias Merzenich (July 4, 2016). "Re: Soup search results". Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  3. Tanner Jacobi (2016-07-05). "Re: Soup search results". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  4. Michael Simkin (2016-07-05). "Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on 2016-07-05.
  5. Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  6. Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  7. Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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