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Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Bicube or Bandaged Rubik's Cube puzzle.
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%I #5 Dec 11 2013 07:02:26

%S 1,9,24,54,102,168,296,583,996,1817,3196,5739,9785,17075,29279,48552,

%T 77828,115384,155444,179617,172952,133159,82486,43199,19613,7781,2833,

%U 747,81

%N Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Bicube or Bandaged Rubik's Cube puzzle.

%C 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.

%C A puzzle in the Rubik cube family. The total number of distinct positions is 1108800.

%H Jaap Scherphuis, <a href="http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/">Puzzle Pages</a>

%Y Cf. A079770.

%K nonn,fini,full

%O 0,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 20 2003