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Bells, Motels and Permutation Groups

Group Theory 2012-03-09 v1

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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@article{arxiv.1203.1835,
  title  = {Bells, Motels and Permutation Groups},
  author = {Gary McGuire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.1835},
  year   = {2012}
}
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