p61 Herschel loop 2
P61 Herschel loop 2 is a period-61 Herschel loop oscillator found by Paul Callahan in February 1997, improving on David Buckingham's p61 Herschel loop 1 from his article My Experience with B-heptominos in Oscillators. It was the smallest oscillator of this period until the discovery of the Snark.
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 1596 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 381×70 | ||||||||||
Period | 61 | ||||||||||
Mod | 61 | ||||||||||
Heat | 762.3 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.92 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.92 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Paul Callahan | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1997 | ||||||||||
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The original version was functionally equivalent but slightly larger than the pattern shown, due to its use of eater 2s instead of eater 5s to suppress each Herschel's first natural output glider, quickly enough to allow the next Herschel to follow 61 ticks later.
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