Trice tongs
Trice tongs is a period-3 oscillator that was found by Robert Wainwright in February 1982.[1] In terms of its 7×7 bounding box it ties with jam as the smallest period 3 oscillator.
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 16 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 7×7 | ||||||||||
Frequency class | 40.6 | ||||||||||
Period | 3 | ||||||||||
Mod | 3 | ||||||||||
Heat | 4.7 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.35 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.35 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Robert Wainwright | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1982 | ||||||||||
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References
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
- Trice tongs at the Life Lexicon
- 16P3.3 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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