Fox
Fox (or gnome[1]) is the smallest period-2 oscillator with an asymmetric rotor. It was found by David Buckingham in July 1977.[2]
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 12 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 8×7 | ||||||||||
Frequency class | 35.6 | ||||||||||
Period | 2 | ||||||||||
Mod | 2 | ||||||||||
Heat | 18 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.86 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.86 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1977 | ||||||||||
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See also
References
- "Gnome". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on June 21, 2011.
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 21, 2011.
External links
- Fox at the Life Lexicon
- Fox at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue
- 12P2.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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