Phoenix 1

Phoenix 1 (or flip-flops[1]) is a period-2 oscillator that was discovered by the MIT group in December 1971.[2] It is the smallest known phoenix as well as the first discovered phoenix, and is thus sometimes simply referred to as the phoenix.

Phoenix 1
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Phoenix
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 8×8
Frequency class 41.4
Period 2
Mod 1
Heat 24
Volatility 1.00
Strict volatility 1.00
Rotor type Flutter
Discovered by MIT group
Year of discovery 1971
This article is about the 12-cell oscillator. For the general concept, see Phoenix.

Phoenix 1 consists of four identical three-cell segments, chained in a loop. Other arrangements are possible, to generate larger period 2 phoenices as shown below. A single copy of this rotor can also be supported by a stator: this is an oscillator known as the griddle. The same rotor segment also appears in by flops and why not.

Despite its small size, it had not shown up naturally in soup until October 5, 2015, making it the last 12-bit object to appear naturally;[3] and another soup turned up with this object on October 23.[4] Both of these soups were found by Tomas Rokicki using apgsearch.

An extension of phoenix 1
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See also

References
  1. "Flip-flops". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on June 21, 2011.
  2. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  3. Adam P. Goucher (October 5, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. Billabob (October 23, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  • 12P2.6 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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