this is true. i decided i was more interested in performance than
in knowing about local maxima.

>I will try to verify phase 2 later next week.

let me offer a suggestion here. since i divided the corner configurations
by symmetry, it might be nicer if you divide the U-D edge configurations
by symmetry. (the numbers involved are the same.)

I will see how I divide it now, but I can change easily. My biggest
change is to weed out parity. I just realized that, but that is the
reason it will not fit now. Moreover, I will go completely forward
to get also local maxima.

I do not know yet what to do about the quarter turn version. I never
put that in my program for this phase. I had some form of quarter
turn version, but only for U and D.

I will see, dik