Snake pit
Snake pit is a period-2 oscillator made up of four snakes. It has the same rotor as a blinker, with the same external bushing as in fore and back, but with different casing. It was found by Mark Niemiec in 1972.[1]
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Oscillator type | Muttering moat | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 26 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 7×7 | ||||||||||
Period | 2 | ||||||||||
Mod | 1 | ||||||||||
Heat | 4 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.14 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.14 | ||||||||||
Rotor type | Pole 2 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Mark Niemiec | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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See also
References
- Lifeline Volume 6, p. 3
External links
- Snake pit at the Life Lexicon
- 26P2.261 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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