Mold on fumarole
Mold on fumarole is a period-20 oscillator composed of a mold and a fumarole. In terms of its 30 cells, it is the smallest known period 20 oscillator.[1]
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 30 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 9×14 | ||||||||||
Period | 20 | ||||||||||
Mod | 20 | ||||||||||
Heat | 19.9 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.70 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.02 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Unknown | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||||||
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Despite being composed of two oscillators of smaller period (4 and 5 respectively), it is considered non-trivial because it has a single cell that is alive in generation 1 and is dead in its other 19 phases.
Image gallery
![]() Generation 1 reveals the single cell with period 20 (in green) |
gollark: Why would I be at "aldi" in the next 86000 seconds?
gollark: ↑
gollark: It was Christmas 110 seconds ago.
gollark: It is not Christmas.
gollark: But ignoring that.
References
- Jason Summers' all-osc pattern collection. Retrieved on April 17, 2009.
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