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Re:Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem by Arnavion on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @05:16PM (#18395399)
For n = 7, their formula gives 5901 and yours gives 5907. How feasible would it be to verify which one's correct? Exhaust every 5901-long sequence? Or is there some smarter way?
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Re:Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem by robinhouston on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:55PM (#18397166)
No one has yet managed to solve n=6 completely, so I think solving n=7 is a long way off.

On the other hand, I think we will soon have an improved lower bound that is strong enough to refute this formula.

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