I Ching Memory Wheels
Sixty-four digits can be arranged to represent all the hexagrams of the I Ching
in an overlapping sequence. The sequence wraps around, like beads on a circular string;
one could use such a string of beads to select hexagrams. I have illustrated the concept for one sequence below following the example in
64 bit I Ching Binary Loop / Wheel in the Abrahadabra.com forum; please see
The Changes and the Bruijn sequence on the Clarity site for more information.
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
0000001010001001011000011001101001110001111010101110110111111001
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Here are 892 memory wheel sequences. They are all topologically unique, both shifted and reversed. If each were connected end-to-end, they would all be different, whether you rotated or flipped them.
If you have a real need, here are 222,539 unique sequences, in zipped format
(uncompressed file size is 14.0 MB):
222539memorywheels.zip (986 KB).
[Woo! Got the time down to 13 minutes.]
If there are 22n-1-n different memory wheels for binary n-tuples, then as I understand it there are 226 = 67,108,864 different I Ching memory wheels.
Given a total of 264 = 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 different sequences of 64 digits, that means that only 1/274,877,906,944 of the sequences are memory wheels.