Bells, Motels and Permutation Groups

2012/03/08 by Gary McGuire, McGuire, Gary
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Group Theory (math.GR) #math.GR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1203.1835

arxiv created 2012/03/08 · arxiv updated 2012/03/09

Abstract

This article is about the mathematics of ringing the changes. We describe the mathematics which arises from a real-world activity, that of ringing the changes on bells. We present Rankin's solution of one of the famous old problems in the subject. This article was written in 2003.

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