Worker bee
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 34 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 16×11 | ||||||||||
| Period | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 9 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 15.6 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.66 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.66 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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Worker bee (or lonely bee[1]) is a period-9 oscillator and was found by David Buckingham in 1972.[2] Unlike the similar snacker, the worker bee produces no accessible sparks (note the generated monominos), and is thus not considered to be very important. Like the snacker, the worker bee is extensible - it is, in fact, a finite version of the infinite oscillator which consists of six on cells and two off cells alternating along a line.
This oscillator first appeared semi-naturally in April 2015, in a symmetric soup submitted to Catagolue by Dave Greene.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Mark D. Niemiec. "Life Objects Sorted by Name (L)". Retrieved on May 1, 2009.
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- ↑ Dave Greene (April 23, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Worker bee at the Life Lexicon
- 34P9.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
Categories:
- Patterns
- Oscillators with 34 cells
- Patterns with 34 cells
- Patterns found by David Buckingham
- Patterns found in 1972
- Patterns that can be constructed with 19 gliders
- Oscillators
- Periodic objects with minimum population 34
- Oscillators with period 9
- Oscillators with mod 9
- Oscillators with heat 15
- Oscillators with volatility 0.66
- Oscillators with strict volatility 0.66
- Patterns with rectangular orthogonal symmetry
- Semi-natural periodic objects
