Heptapole
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Muttering moat | ||||||||||
| Family | Barberpole | ||||||||||
| Number of cells | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 10×10 | ||||||||||
| Period | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 1 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 14 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.70 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.70 | ||||||||||
| Rotor type | Pole 7 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | MIT group | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||||||
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The heptapole (or septapole) is the barberpole of length 7. It first appeared in an asymmetric soup on December 11, 2018, in a haul submitted to Catagolue, making it the longest barberpole and the last 13-bit periodic object to have emerged naturally.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Billabob (December 11, 2018). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Heptapole at the Life Lexicon
- 13P2.2 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 13 cells
- Patterns with 13 cells
- Patterns found by MIT group
- Patterns found in 1970
- Patterns that can be constructed with 12 gliders
- Oscillators
- Periodic objects with minimum population 13
- Barberpole variants
- Muttering moats
- Oscillators with period 2
- Oscillators with mod 1
- Oscillators with heat 14
- Oscillators with volatility 0.70
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.70
- Oscillators with rotor Pole 7
- Patterns with bilateral diagonal symmetry
- Flipping oscillators
- Natural periodic objects
