Pseudo-barberpole

The pseudo-barberpole (or Achim's p5[1]) is a period-5 oscillator that was found by Achim Flammenkamp on August 22, 1994.[2] With a minimum population of 15 cells, it is the smallest known period 5 oscillator, followed by octagon 2 with 16 cells.[3][4] On October 23, 2002 Gabriel Nivasch found a period 5 oscillator that consists of four radially symmetrically arranged halves of the pseudo-barberpole.[5]

Pseudo-barberpole
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Pattern type Oscillator
Oscillator type Muttering moat
Family Barberpole
Number of cells 15
Bounding box 12×12
Period 5
Mod 5
Heat 16.8
Volatility 0.82
Strict volatility 0.82
Discovered by Achim Flammenkamp
Year of discovery 1994

Synthesis

Goldtiger997 found a 16-glider synthesis based on a sample soup from Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue on April 22, 2017.[6] Martin Grant found an unrelated 13-glider synthesis that can also act as a component on June 20, 2018.[7]

A radially symmetric relative of the pseudo-barberpole
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See also

References
  1. "Achim's p5". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.
  2. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection.
  3. Mark Niemiec (1998). "Life Period-5 Oscillators". Retrieved on February 15, 2009.
  4. "Class 2 Objects Catalog". Retrieved on March 14, 2009.
  5. Jason Summers' all-osc pattern collection.
  6. Goldtiger997 (2017-04-22). "Re: Soup search results". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on 2017-04-23.
  7. "Synthesising Oscillators". Retrieved on October 24, 2018.
  • 15P5.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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