Blinkers bit pole

	Blinkers bit pole
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	7 × 6
Period	2
Mod	1
Heat	14
Volatility	0.64
Strict volatility	0.64
Discovered by	Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery	1977
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B35678/S2345678
# of rules	29 = 512
Isotropic rules	B3-aekr/S2-cn3n – B2n34-rty5678/S2345678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	10
Catagolue-generated RLE	synthesis
Uploaded synthesis RLE	blinkersbitpole_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	blinkersbitpole.cells
RLE	blinkersbitpole.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp2_k3g4gljz11
Pentadecathlon ID	15P2.7

Blinkers bit pole is a period-2 oscillator found by Robert Wainwright in June 1977.^[1] It is extremely similar to 2.3.3, with a dot spark replacing the central domino.

Commonness

Information on this oscillator's commonness with respect to other naturally-occurring patterns is currently unknown.

On January 16, 2017, Goldtiger997 found a 37-glider synthesis for this oscillator with the help of Martin Grant and Chris Cain.^[2] An 11-glider synthesis was found by Chris857 on December 27, 2022.^[3] He later improved the cost to 10 gliders.^[4]^[5]

↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
↑ Goldtiger997 (January 16, 2017). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
↑ Chris857 (December 27, 2022). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
↑ shinjuku (#4878896228) (August 15, 2023). Job triggered by Adam P. Goucher at GitLab Catagolue project.
↑ Chris857 (August 15, 2023). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums