68P9

68P9 is a highly volatile period-9 oscillator found by "carybe" on October 2, 2018 as part of a haul submitted to Catagolue.[1] It is extensible by adding worker bees in the middle or by adding snacker rotors to the ends.

68P9
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 68
Bounding box 22×19
Period 9
Mod 9
Heat 62.2
Volatility 0.98
Strict volatility 0.98
Discovered by carybe
Year of discovery 2018

Additionally, one half of this oscillator can be supported by two eaters, as seen in the p9 bouncer. A 22-glider synthesis of this variant was found by Mark Niemiec on October 13, 2019,[2] which was improved to 17 gliders by Tanner Jacobi on October 19.[3]

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Monomerized 68P9 (or 48P9)
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Extended 68P9
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See also

References
  1. Aidan F. Pierce (October 2, 2018). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Mark Niemiec (October 13, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. Tanner Jacobi (October 19, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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