Show HN: The King Wen Permutation: [52, 10, 2]
4 hours ago
- #permutation
- #mathematics
- #I Ching
- The I Ching's 64 hexagrams have two main orderings: binary natural order (0–63) and the King Wen sequence (~1000 BCE).
- Mapping between these orderings as a permutation in S64 reveals a cycle decomposition of [52, 10, 2] with no fixed points.
- 81% of hexagrams are part of a single cycle, a structure not previously documented in literature.
- The King Wen permutation σ ∈ S64 has unique properties explored in 22 client-side browser-based analyses.