Bent keys
Bent keys is a period-3 oscillator found by Dean Hickerson in August 1989.[1] In September 2004 Jason Summers found a 10-glider synthesis of this oscillator,[2] which was improved to 8 gliders by Jeremy Tan in June 2019.[3] It can be extended infinitely, like the odd keys.
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 16 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 12×5 | ||||||||||
Frequency class | 39.2 | ||||||||||
Period | 3 | ||||||||||
Mod | 3 | ||||||||||
Heat | 14.7 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.73 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.73 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Dean Hickerson | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1989 | ||||||||||
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See also
References
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection.
- Jeremy Tan (June 7, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Bent keys at the Life Lexicon
- 18P3.29 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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