A079766 Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Dino Cube puzzle.

2, 32, 320, 2816, 23424, 180084, 1227084, 6167660, 10926002, 1429972, 1004

Offset

0,1

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.

There are two starting positions, mirror images of each other. Sequence gives total number of positions at distance n from either start.

A puzzle in the Rubik cube family. The total number of distinct positions is 19958400.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..10.

Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A202746 A212797 A203017 * A224293 A053065 A091707

Adjacent sequences: A079763 A079764 A079765 * A079767 A079768 A079769

Keyword

nonn,fini,full

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 20 2003

Status

approved