Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihnet.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad From: eklhad@ihnet.UUCP (K. A. Dahlke) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: permuting 0123456789 Message-ID: <200@ihnet.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 12:06:58 EST Article-I.D.: ihnet.200 Posted: Sun Feb 17 12:06:58 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Feb-85 07:56:37 EST Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 14 < 3792156048 > Since I haven't seen anything resembling a puzzle in quite a while, here is one. How many permutations of the digits 0-9 have no digits in common with the identity permutation (0123456789)? Examples: 2317495680 cannot be counted, since 4 and 8 are in the correct position. 9876543210 is included, since no digit is in the correct position. A numerical answer will do. If you feel ambitious, try 26 letters (a-z) rather than 10 digits. -- Having, is not so pleasing a thing after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true. Karl Dahlke ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad