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A143486 "Fourth down, Extream [sic] between the two farthest Bells from it" in bell-ringing is a sequence of permutations p_1=(1,2,3,4), p_2=(1,2,4,3], .. which runs through all permutations of {1,2,3,4} with period 24; sequence gives number in position 3 of n-th permutation. 2
3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Start with (1,2,3,4), i.e. the first permutation of {1,2,3} followed by 4; then for each next permutation, transpose 4 one to the left; if at position 1, replace {1,2,3} recursively by the next permutation of these numbers. Thereafter, for each next permutation, transpose 4 to the right. And so on.

LINKS

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing, by Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman

Index entries for sequences related to bell ringing

FORMULA

Period 24.

MAPLE

ring:= proc(k::nonnegint) local p, i, left, l, nf, ini; if k<=1 then proc() [1$k] end else ini := proc() p:= ring(k-1); i:= k; left:= true; l:= p(); nf:= k! end; ini(); proc() local ll; ll:= [seq(l[t], t=1..(i-1)), k, seq(l[t], t=i..(k-1))]; if left then if i>1 then i:= i-1 else left:= false; l:=p() fi else if i<k then i:= i+1 else left:= true; l:=p() fi fi; nf:= nf-1; if nf = 0 then ini() fi; ll end fi end: bell := proc(k) option remember; local p; p:= ring(k); [seq(p(), i=1..k!)] end: a := n-> bell(4)[modp(n-1, 24)+1][3]: seq (a(n), n=1..121);

CROSSREFS

Cf. A143484-A143490, A090281.

Sequence in context: A081246 A096411 A205786 * A159273 A021749 A088916

Adjacent sequences:  A143483 A143484 A143485 * A143487 A143488 A143489

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 19 2008

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