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A005452 Number of positions that the 3 X 3 X 3 Rubik cube puzzle can be in after exactly n moves, up to equivalence under the full group of order 48 of the cube. 3
1, 1, 5, 25, 219, 1978, 18395, 171529, 1601725, 14956266, 139629194, 1303138445, 12157779067 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

This is the number of positions that can be reached in n moves from the start, but which cannot be reached in fewer than n moves.

A half-turn is considered to be 2 moves.

The total number of inequivalent positions is 901083404981813616. - Jerry Bryan, Mar 03 2003.

REFERENCES

Robert G. Bryan (Jerry Bryan), postings to Cube Lovers List, Feb 04, 1995 and Oct 26, 1998.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..12.

Alan Bawden, Cube Lovers Archive, Part 15

Alan Bawden, Cube Lovers Archive, Part 16

Alan Bawden, Cube Lovers Archive, Part 26

CROSSREFS

This is A080602 reduced by action of group of order 48. Cf. A080583, A080601, A080638.

Sequence in context: A080631 A080632 A144575 * A143600 A209529 A184958

Adjacent sequences:  A005449 A005450 A005451 * A005453 A005454 A005455

KEYWORD

nonn,fini

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 25 2003

STATUS

approved

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