In how many ways you can put three rooks on a chessboard so that no two of them are in same row ,column or diagonal.
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This is OEIS A047659 "Number of ways to place 3 nonattacking queens on an n X n board."
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1queen != rook (: – 2012-04-15
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2@Douglas, that's as may be, but look at the original question, which asks the rooks not be on the same diagonal. For this problem, those rooks have been promoted to queens! – 2012-04-15
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0Oops! You're right. – 2012-04-15
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0:) Thanks, Gerry, for pointing it out. – 2012-04-15