A079818 Number of positions that are exactly n moves from the starting position in the Saturn puzzle.

1, 4, 12, 34, 96, 264, 617, 904, 572, 16

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 positions is 2520.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..9.

Jaap Scherphuis, Puzzle Pages

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A180224 A293005 A173412 * A115390 A005056 A014143

Adjacent sequences: A079815 A079816 A079817 * A079819 A079820 A079821

Keyword

nonn,fini,full

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 20 2003

Status

approved