Burloaferimeter

Burloaferimeter is a period-7 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in 1972.[1] In terms of its 28 cells, it is tied with the three unnamed oscillators 28P7.1, 28P7.2, and 28P7.3 as the smallest known period 7 oscillator.[2] In terms of its 10×11 bounding box, it wins outright.

Burloaferimeter
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Billiard table
Number of cells 28
Bounding box 10×11
Period 7
Mod 7
Heat 1.4
Volatility 0.16
Strict volatility 0.16
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery 1972

Etymology

According to Mark D. Niemiec[3], a loaf was called a Bread Loaf by his group, which then was abbreviated to Br'loaf, then became burloaf. "Burloaf" has a population of 7, which "measures" burloaferimeter's period.

Variant
C4_4-symmetric quadruple burloaferimeter variant found by Park Shinhwan on Catagolue in November 2016.[4]
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Catagolue: here
C4_4-symmetric quadruple burloaferimeter variant found by Apple Bottom on Catagolue on June 16 2017.[5]
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RLE: here
Catagolue: here

A 28-glider synthesis for the variant on the left was discovered by Luka Okanishi shortly after,[6] and was improved to 24 gliders by Jeremy Tan on January 5, 2020.[7]

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See also

References
  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  2. "Class 2 Objects Catalog". Retrieved on March 14, 2009.
  3. Mark D. Niemiec (November 27, 2016). Re: Help with names (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. Aidan F. Pierce (November 24, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  5. Apple Bottom (June 18, 2017). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  6. Luka Okanishi (November 25, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  7. Jeremy Tan (January 6, 2020). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  • Mark D. Niemiec. Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums (burloaferimeter variants)
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