Fifteen puzzle solvability, Numworks Python

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Oh, you are right again.
I was sloppy.

Code:

def fifteen(a):
  b = 0
  for i in range(16):
    if a[i] == 0:
      b = 1 + i // 4
  for i in range(15):
    for j in range(i+1, 16):
      b += (a[j] < a[i]) * (a[j] != 0)
  return b