Spark coil
The spark coil is a period-2 oscillator found in 1971.[1] Despite its name, it does not produce sparks; however, the rotor resembles an electric spark.
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Babbling brook | ||||||||||
| Number of cells | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 8×5 | ||||||||||
| Frequency class | 24.0 | ||||||||||
| Period | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 2 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 2 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.10 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.10 | ||||||||||
| Rotor type | Orthogonal on-off | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1971 | ||||||||||
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Welded together with minimal separating stators, it can be extended indefinitely along its axis, so that it is the first in a series that continues with the piston and the long piston. It can also be arranged in two directions, as shown at Agar#Tile_agars.
Commonness
Spark coil is the eleventh most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than the figure eight but more common than the mold.[2]
gollark: --exec --bees ```pythonprint("--remind 1m test")```
gollark: --exec --bees ```pythonprint("--remind 1m test")```
gollark: --exec --bees ```pythonprint("--remind 1m test")```
gollark: --exec --bees ```pythonprint("--remind 1m test")```
gollark: --exec --bees ```pythonprint("--remind 1m test")```
See also
References
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
- Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.
External links
- Spark coil at the Life Lexicon
- 18P2.28 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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