Odd keys

Odd keys is a period-3 oscillator found by Dean Hickerson in August 1989. It can be extended horizontally as in the original form of Jason's p33.

Odd keys
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 16
Bounding box 12×5
Frequency class 40.6
Period 3
Mod 3
Heat 14.7
Volatility 0.73
Strict volatility 0.73
Discovered by Dean Hickerson
Year of discovery 1989

Synthesis

In January 2000 Mark Niemiec found a 21-glider synthesis of this oscillator.[1] On August 25th 2016, Goldtiger997 found a 10-glider synthesis of odd keys, which was later reduced to 9 gliders by Dave Greene.[2]

gollark: Oh, the channel keys, right.
gollark: Odd.
gollark: ++magic reload_ext irc_link
gollark: ++help
gollark: ++magic reload_ext irc_link

See also

References
  1. Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection.
  2. Goldtiger997 (August 26, 2016). "Re: Soup search results". Retrieved on August 12, 2017.
  • 16P3.7 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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