A079770 - OEIS

A079770

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

1, 9, 24, 54, 83, 91, 64, 58, 28, 16, 6, 3, 3

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OFFSET

0,2

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.

A puzzle in the Rubik cube family. The total number of distinct configurations is 440. Here we count "configurations", ignoring the colors of the pieces.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..12.

Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

CROSSREFS

Cf. A079771.

Sequence in context: A023551 A022787 A365190 * A079771 A297225 A258438

Adjacent sequences: A079767 A079768 A079769 * A079771 A079772 A079773

KEYWORD

nonn,fini,full

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 20 2003

STATUS

approved