Caterer on figure eight
Caterer on figure eight is a period-24 oscillator composed of a caterer and a figure eight. In terms of its 24 cells, it is the smallest known period 24 oscillator.[1]
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Number of cells | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 20×10 | ||||||||||
| Period | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 24 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 31.3 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.96 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.01 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||||||
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Despite being composed of two oscillators of smaller period (3 and 8 respectively), it is considered non-trivial because it has a single cell that is alive in generation 23 and is dead in its other 23 phases.
Image gallery
 Generation 23 reveals the single cell with period 24 (in green) |
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References
- Jason Summers' all-osc pattern collection. Retrieved on April 17, 2009.
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