A080620 Consider 3 X 3 X 3 Rubik cube, but only allow the anti-slice group to act; sequence gives number of positions that are exactly n moves from the start.

1, 6, 27, 120, 423, 1098, 1770, 1650, 851, 198

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 26 2003

Keywords

• nonn
• fini
• full

Comments

Not every position can be reached using this restricted set of moves. Total number of positions that can be reached = 6144. This is for 2q or anti-slice moves.

References

• Mark Longridge, posting to Cube Lovers List, Apr 14 1995 and May 21 1995.

Links

• Alan Bawden, Cube Lovers Archive, Part 15
• Alan Bawden, Cube Lovers Archive, Part 16
• Mark Longridge, God's Algorithm Calculations for Rubik's Cube...

Crossrefs

Cf. A080601, A080614, etc.