p47 pre-pulsar shuttle
p47 pre-pulsar shuttle is a period-47 shuttle oscillator discovered by David Buckingham on December 5, 1982[1] and was the first oscillator of that period to be discovered. It consists of four tubs, four blinkers, four eater 1s and two blocks hassling two pre-pulsars. Hassling pre-pulsars in manners similar to this was the only known method of constructing period-47 oscillators until discovery of the Snark in 2013. In terms of its 84 cells, it is the smallest known period-47 oscillator.
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Oscillator type | Shuttle | ||||||||||
Number of cells | 84 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 31×30 | ||||||||||
Period | 47 | ||||||||||
Mod | 47 | ||||||||||
Heat | 60.9 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.89 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.89 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | David Buckingham | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1982 | ||||||||||
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On May 12, 2003 Jason Summers found that sparks from four copies of this oscillator could be used to support a period-47 t-tetromino engine,[2] and in February 2009 Nicolay Beluchenko noticed that this only required two copies of the oscillator,[3] as shown below.
A 64-glider synthesis was discovered in October 2013 by Martin Grant.[4] The synthesis was reduced to 39 gliders by Matthias Merzenich in December 2019.[5]
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References
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
- Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- "New Oscillators". H. Koenig (March 16, 2009). Retrieved on March 28, 2009.
- Martin Grant (October 6, 2013). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- Matthias Merzenich (December 11, 2019). Re: Synthesising Oscillators (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums