Search: id:A089973 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A089973 %S A089973 1,6,24,48,25440,554400 %N A089973 Number of maximum-length 2-surprising sequences in n symbols. %C A089973 A sequence of symbols is 2-surprising if, for every pair of symbols X and Y, not necessarily distinct and every distance D, there is at most one position in t he sequence where X precedes Y by distance D. The maximum lengths are given in A0899 72. %D A089973 Dennis E. Shasha, Puzzling Adventures, Scientific American 289(#12, 2003), 22. %e A089973 The 2-surprising sequences in 3 symbols are: %e A089973 (2012100) (1021200) (1120210) (2011210) (1202210) (2210120) (2101120) (1022120) %e A089973 (2100201) (0021201) (0212201) (2102011) (0120211) (2010021) (2201021) (0122021) %e A089973 (1200102) (0121102) (0012102) (1020012) (0211012) (1102012) (1201022) (0210122) %e A089973 Thus a(3)=24. %Y A089973 Cf. A008062. %Y A089973 Sequence in context: A000056 A083170 A087081 this_sequence A033581 A009943 A028595 %Y A089973 Adjacent sequences: A089970 A089971 A089972 this_sequence A089974 A089975 A089976 %K A089973 nonn %O A089973 1,2 %A A089973 John W. Layman (layman(AT)math.vt.edu), Nov 17 2003 Search completed in 0.001 seconds