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A143490 "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 position of bell 3 in n-th permutation. 8
3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1 (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: indx:= proc(l, k) local i; for i from 1 to nops(l) do if l[i]=k then break fi od; i end: a := n-> indx (bell(4)[modp(n-1, 24)+1], 3): seq (a(n), n=1..121);

CROSSREFS

Cf. A143484-A143490, A090281.

Sequence in context: A000916 A014241 A199185 * A007485 A018244 A090589

Adjacent sequences:  A143487 A143488 A143489 * A143491 A143492 A143493

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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