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Bracelets with beads

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A plot of a well-known mathematical problem posed by Dudeney: find all possible bracelets made with beads of two different colors. They have to be unique under rotation and also if you flip them (reverse order). In most texts it is named beads and necklace.

10 beads bracelet, white on black

Colour: white on black
Order: more or less in sequence
Paper: Fabriano Black Black 300 g, A4
Pen: white pen (Mitsubishi Uni-ball)
Dimensions: 27.5 × 13 cm

10 beads so there are 2¹⁰ = 1024 potential bracelet configurations. The demands make that there are only 78 real different ones possible

More or less in sequence

10 beads bracelet, black on white

Colour: black on white
Order: more or less in sequence
Paper: Canson XL Bristol, A4
Pen: black pigmented fineliner
Dimensions: 27.5 × 13 cm

10 beads so there are 2¹⁰ = 1024 potential bracelet configurations. The demands make that there are only 78 real different ones possible

More or less in sequence