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A018931 The number of permutations of n cards in which 2 is the first card hit and 3 the next hit after 2. 1
0, 1, 2, 12, 72, 480, 3600, 30240 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

3,3

COMMENTS

From the game of Mousetrap.

REFERENCES

Mundfrom, Daniel J.; A problem in permutations: the game of `Mousetrap'. European J. Combin. 15 (1994), no. 6, 555-560.

LINKS

D. J. Mundform, A problem of permutations: the Game of 'Moustrap', Eur. J. Combinat. 15 (1994) 555-560, Table 1.

FORMULA

a(n) = A062119(n-3), n>4. - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Oct 02 2008

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002468.

Sequence in context: A002670 A119921 A167747 * A062119 A052556 A052833

Adjacent sequences:  A018928 A018929 A018930 * A018932 A018933 A018934

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Changed offset to 3. Provided more precise definition. - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Oct 02 2008

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