[r-t] Method symmetry

Alexander Holroyd holroyd at math.ubc.ca
Tue Aug 21 01:18:09 UTC 2012


No-one?

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, Alexander Holroyd wrote:

> This prompts the following question, reminiscent of the "unprinciples" 
> discussed a few moths ago:
>
> Is there an asymmetric method in which the work of every bell is symmetric?
>
> Actually, the answer is yes.  E.g., ring plain bob minimus on the front and 
> back 4s of 8, out of phase by an amount that is neither 0 nor 4 rows. E.g.
>
> http://www.boojum.org.uk/cgi-bin/line.pl?bells=8&pn=-1458-1458-1456-1258&qs=Grid&action.x=1
>
> But are there some more interesting examples?
>
> Ander
>
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, Alexander Holroyd wrote:
>
>> The hunt bell path has rotational symmetry, and although the method itself 
>> is asymmetric, the line consists almost entirely of long symmetric blocks. 
>> I found it surprisingly fun to ring.
>




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