Traffic circle
Traffic circle (or p100 traffic jam) is a period-100 oscillator found by Noam Elkies on October 15, 1994.[1] It works by using four fumaroles and four molds to hassle a traffic jam so that it moves around in a circle.
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| Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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| Oscillator type | Shuttle | ||||||||||
| Number of cells | 172 | ||||||||||
| Bounding box | 48×48 | ||||||||||
| Period | 100 | ||||||||||
| Mod | 25 | ||||||||||
| Heat | 154.5 | ||||||||||
| Volatility | 0.90 | ||||||||||
| Strict volatility | 0.67 | ||||||||||
| Discovered by | Noam Elkies | ||||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1994 | ||||||||||
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See also
References
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 16, 2009.
External links
- Traffic circle at the Life Lexicon
- 172P100.1 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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