A080621 Consider 3 X 3 X 3 Rubik cube, but only allow the double anti-slice group to act; sequence gives number of positions that are exactly n moves from the start.

1, 9, 51, 265, 864, 1785, 2017, 1008, 144

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.

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.