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A090277 "Plain Bob Minimus" in bell-ringing is a sequence of permutations p_1=(1,2,3,4), p_2=(2,1,4,3), .. which runs through all permutations of {1,2,3,4} with period 24; sequence gives number in position 1 of n-th permutation. 7
1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

LINKS

R. Bailey, Change Ringing Resources

David Joyner, Application: Bell Ringing

M.I.T. Bell-Ringers, General Information On Change Ringing

Index entries for sequences related to bell ringing

FORMULA

Period 24.

EXAMPLE

The full list of the 24 permutations is as follows (the present sequence gives the first column):

1 2 3 4

2 1 4 3

2 4 1 3

4 2 3 1

4 3 2 1

3 4 1 2

3 1 4 2

1 3 2 4

1 3 4 2

3 1 2 4

3 2 1 4

2 3 4 1

2 4 3 1

4 2 1 3

4 1 2 3

1 4 3 2

1 4 2 3

4 1 3 2

4 3 1 2

3 4 2 1

3 2 4 1

2 3 1 4

2 1 3 4

1 2 4 3

MAPLE

ring:= proc(k) option remember; local l, a, b, c, swap, h; l:= [1, 2, 3, 4]; swap:= proc(i, j) h:=l[i]; l[i]:=l[j]; l[j]:=h end; a:= proc() swap(1, 2); swap(3, 4); l[k] end; b:= proc() swap(2, 3); l[k] end; c:= proc() swap(3, 4); l[k] end; [l[k], seq ([seq ([a(), b()][], j=1..3), a(), c()][], i=1..3)] end: a:= n-> ring(1)[modp(n-1, 24)+1]: seq (a(n), n=1..99); [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 19 2008]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A090278-A090284.

Sequence in context: A128442 A038674 A182923 * A024222 A196063 A205450

Adjacent sequences:  A090274 A090275 A090276 * A090278 A090279 A090280

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jan 24 2004

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