Statorless p6

The statorless p6 is a period-6 oscillator discovered by Dean Hickerson in August 1989.[1] It is one of the few known period 6 oscillators without a stator, giving it a volatility of exactly 1.

Statorless p6
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Pattern type Oscillator
Number of cells 36
Bounding box 21×8
Period 6
Mod 3
Heat 36
Volatility 1.00
Strict volatility 0.83
Discovered by Dean Hickerson
Year of discovery 1989

Strictly volatile variant

Additionally, a variant of this oscillator exists which is strictly volatile (i.e. all cells oscillate with period 6 rather than period 2 or 3). A 30-glider synthesis for said variant was found on October 4, 2019 based on a soup submitted to Catagolue.[2]

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Strictly volatile p6 (Catagolue: here)
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See also

References
  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on October 19, 2019.
  2. Ian07 (October 4, 2019). Re: Soup-based syntheses (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  • 36P6.6 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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