p54 shuttle

The p54 shuttle is a period-54 shuttle oscillator that is stabilized by four eater 1s. It is a variant of the twin bees shuttle that was found by David Buckingham in 1973. The eater 1s cause the shuttle to leave blocks, thus extending its period.

p54 shuttle
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Shuttle
Number of cells 48
Bounding box 29×17
Period 54
Mod 27
Heat 26.5
Volatility 0.90
Strict volatility 0.86
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery 1973

A four-fold version of this oscillator appeared semi-naturally on November 24, 2018, in a symmetric soup submitted to Catagolue by Apple Bottom.[1]

See also

References
  1. Ian07 (November 24, 2018). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  • 48P54.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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