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A090281 "Plain Bob Minimus" in bell-ringing is a sequence of permutations p_1=(1,2,3,4), p_2=(2,1,4,3), .. which runs through all permutations of {1,2,3,4} with period 24; sequence gives position of bell 1 (the treble bell) in n-th permutation. +0
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1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

This is the "plain hunting" sequence with 4 bells.

a(n) is also the position of bell 4 (the tenor bell) in the (n+4)-th permutation of the "Fourth down, Extream between the two farthest Bells from it" bell-ringing permutation, A143484. [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 19 2008]

LINKS

R. Bailey, Change Ringing Resources

David Joyner, Application: Bell Ringing

M.I.T. Bell-Ringers, General Information On Change Ringing

Index entries for sequences related to bell ringing

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing, by Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 19 2008]

FORMULA

Period 24.

EXAMPLE

The full list of the 24 permutations is as follows (the present sequence tells where the 1's are):

1 2 3 4

2 1 4 3

2 4 1 3

4 2 3 1

4 3 2 1

3 4 1 2

3 1 4 2

1 3 2 4

1 3 4 2

3 1 2 4

3 2 1 4

2 3 4 1

2 4 3 1

4 2 1 3

4 1 2 3

1 4 3 2

1 4 2 3

4 1 3 2

4 3 1 2

3 4 2 1

3 2 4 1

2 3 1 4

2 1 3 4

1 2 4 3

MAPLE

ring:= proc(k) option remember; local l, a, b, c, swap, h; l:= [1, 2, 3, 4]; swap:= proc(i, j) h:=l[i]; l[i]:=l[j]; l[j]:=h end; a:= proc() swap(1, 2); swap(3, 4); l[k] end; b:= proc() swap(2, 3); l[k] end; c:= proc() swap(3, 4); l[k] end; [l[k], seq ([seq ([a(), b()][], j=1..3), a(), c()][], i=1..3)] end: bells:=[seq (ring(k), k=1..4)]: indx:= proc(l, n, k) local i; for i from 1 to 4 do if l[i][n]=k then break fi od; i end: a := n-> indx (bells, modp(n-1, 24)+1, 1): seq (a(n), n=1..99); [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 19 2008]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A090277-A090284.

Sequence in context: A058339 A133852 A093150 this_sequence A051951 A107898 A128863

Adjacent sequences: A090278 A090279 A090280 this_sequence A090282 A090283 A090284

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jan 24 2004

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