[r-t] Bobs only Stedman Triples

Stephen Beckingham bex280 at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 26 07:21:57 UTC 2012


> From: bex280 at hotmail.com
> 
> > Each six of Erin is capable of being rung in 3 versions, 123... 231....
> > and 312... 
> > 
> > The Q sets apply regardless of what order the front bells are in. 
> 
> Does it? If one member of a q set is bobbed and another plained, then the 3rd member cannot be obtained. but as we can start a six from any one of 3 places, surely the following can apply:
> 1234567 is bobbed, and 1234675 is plained. This means that 1234765 can not be had AT A SIX END, but surely 2314765 or 3124765 can be, thus making the q set rule redundant in this case.
> 
> > The peal of Erin requires 840 sixes. 
> > 
> > That makes 280 Q-sets. Now have to decide which ones are plained and with
> > ones are bobbed. 
> 
> If it were that straightforward I would have thought someone's computer would have already done it.
> 
> SJB 

Sorry, clearly I meant:
1234567 is bobbed, and 1234675 is plained. This means that 1234756 can not be had AT A SIX END, but surely 2314756 or 3124756 can be, thus making the q set rule redundant in this case.
 
SJB

  		 	   		  
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