Four eaters hassling lumps of muck

Four eaters hassling lumps of muck (or 35P52) is a period-52 oscillator discovered by David Buckingham on October 1, 1977,[1] making it the first oscillator of that period to be found. It consists of four copies of eater 1 hassling lumps of muck. In terms of its 35 cells it is the smallest known period 52 oscillator.[2]

Four eaters hassling lumps of muck
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 35
Bounding box 17×17
Period 52
Mod 13
Heat 10.6
Volatility 0.75
Strict volatility 0.74
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery 1977
Generation 6 reveals that the object being hassled is generation 3 of the stairstep hexomino.
gollark: I can technically contribute to this by having my computer arbitrarily increment a number and discard it, then?
gollark: What is that graph even based on‽
gollark: Interesting, link?
gollark: Fun thing which I was reminded of by the ongoing free will/volition debate: https://roadtolarissa.com/oracle/
gollark: It's not like they... have size, as we macroscale people think of it, as far as I know.

See also

References
  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 10, 2009.
  2. "Class 2 Objects Catalog". Retrieved on June 10, 2009.
  • 35P52.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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