Harbor

Harbor is a period-5 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham on September 17, 1978.[1] It was named by Dean Hickerson. In one phase, it consists of four ships and eight boats.

Harbor
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 64
Bounding box 17×17
Period 5
Mod 5
Heat 35.2
Volatility 0.64
Strict volatility 0.64
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery 1978

A 35-glider synthesis of this oscillator can be found in jslife.[2] Forum user yootaa found a 23-glider synthesis on December 22, 2017.[3]

See also

References
  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  2. Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on January 5, 2020.
  3. yootaa (December 22, 2017). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  • 64P5.5 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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