[mcphage]

> What interests me is not the statistical rarity, but that 81% of elements are in one orbit — this means the reordering is highly coupled, not a bunch of small local swaps.

But what is the significance of the reordering being highly coupled?

[gezhengwen]

The observation itself is the value — it tells you the King Wen sequence is not a bunch of small local adjustments, but a holistic rearrangement. But it cannot tell you why King Wen arranged it this way.

[Bimos]

You didn't explain or prove there is a reason for it.