OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(6) has 143 digits and a(7) has 207 digits.
The Corner-turning Octahedron is a regular octahedron puzzle in the style of Rubik's Cube. The rotational axes of the pieces are parallel to the lines connecting a pair of opposite vertices. In comparison, the rotational axes of the Face-turning Octahedron are perpendicular to the faces. As a result, the only rotation of the Corner-turning Octahedron of size 2 is the trivial rotation of the tips (it is not the same of the Skewb Diamond, the Face-turning Octahedron of size 2). For n >= 3, see the Michael Gottlieb link below for an explanation of the term a(n).
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..14
Michael Gottlieb's blogger, Notes on Twisty Puzzles
FORMULA
a(n) = 6^(-16*n+72) * (24!)^(2*n-6) * a(n-3) for n >= 6.
a(n) = 4096 * A309111(n) for n >= 2.
EXAMPLE
See the Michael Gottlieb link above.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = if(n==1, 1, 4096 * (if(n==2, 1, my(A = 258369126400); if(!(n%3), A * 6^(-8*n^2/3+16*n-19) * (24!)^(n^2/3-n), A * 560 * 6^(-8*n^2/3+16*n-43/3) * (24!)^(n^2/3-n-1/3)))))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jianing Song, Jul 13 2019
STATUS
approved