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.

Trice tongs
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Pattern type Oscillator
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

References

  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
  • 16P3.3 at Heinrich Koenig's Game of Life Object Catalogs
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