Number of "Solved" Positions for a 7x7!?

[hawkmp4]

As we all know, the centers of the 7x7 have one sticker. So I think that it's logical to conclude some may be swapped and the cube still remain solved. Is this correct? And if so, how many total "solved" positions are there?

thnx

720. 6 factorial is 720.

What's the justification for that number?

 

[uberCuber]

As we all know, the centers of the 7x7 have one sticker. So I think that it's logical to conclude some may be swapped and the cube still remain solved. Is this correct? And if so, how many total "solved" positions are there?

thnx

720. 6 factorial is 720.

did you read anything else in this thread at all??

oh thats right, his name is "boot me"....

 

[Weston]

As we all know, the centers of the 7x7 have one sticker. So I think that it's logical to conclude some may be swapped and the cube still remain solved. Is this correct? And if so, how many total "solved" positions are there?

thnx

720. 6 factorial is 720.

What's the justification for that number?

Lol He took the number of fixed centers on a cube, 6, and just factorial'd that. Which makes no sense in so many ways.
He didnt understand the question, and even if he had, it would still be wrong.

 

[hawkmp4]

I know it's BS- I just wanted to see what he came up with for a reason.

 

[MichaelErskine]

We need more math geeks

 

[hawkmp4]

We need more math geeks

Have you seen the xkcd math forum?

...It's great. I love it.

 

[hawkmp4]

I felt this was the appropriate place for this question. I'm interested in finding the number of unique positions of a Gigaminx. Edges and corners are simple. But I'm afraid I don't understand the calculations in this thread regarding centres. As I understand it, there are two different kinds of Gigaminx centre pieces, the trapezoidal ones and the rhomb...rhomboid (?) ones.
The Gigaminx only allows even permutations of each type of piece. So, clearly, 3-cycles within one centre are allowable while still being solved. But 2 2-cycles, with them both on the same face or on different faces, are allowable as well. 2 4-cycles, a 5-cycle, etc.

Counting is not my strong suit. How would I go about finding the number of solved positions for a Gigaminx?
A more complicated question, how many unique positions of the Gigaminx are there? That is, how many indistinguishable positions are there? Some positions would be distinguishable Gigaminx "supercube" but not on a regular Gigaminx.

Thanks for the help.

 

[aminayuko]

Here is the solution:
make the cubes you are thinking of into stephan pochmans (sorry if i spelled it wrong stephan) super cube design.
that way, the centers have a specific placement and you don't have to suffer doing random math (no offense to anyone who takes math seriously)

 

[Lucas Garron]

Huh?

Here is the solution:
make the cubes you are thinking of into stephan pochmans (sorry if i spelled it wrong stephan) super cube design.

Since you're aware you might be spelling his name wrong, how about looking at his name?
Even Google can correct his name: http://www.google.com/search?q=stephan+pochman

that way, the centers have a specific placement and you don't have to suffer doing random math (no offense to anyone who takes math seriously)

Yes. So?

By the way, I think we should stop keeping track of age, and only remember day and month of birth, your birthday has a specific placement and you don't have to suffer doing random math (no offense to anyone who takes age seriously)

 

[d4m4s74]

we could also simply remove the years from post dates too, so we don't see this is a huge bump only to state this thread is silly

no wait, this post is from september, so we would still be able to see. Should have waited three more months, aminayoko (sorry if I spelled it wrong whatever, your real name is)

 

[aminayuko]

lucas garron, what i am saying is this http://cube4you.com/eastsheen-super-5x5-cube-a5s-p-134.html sticker mod on the 7x7 so each center piece has a specific place

 

[Jaysammey777]

come to say, this guy could of just looked it up on google

 

[JLarsen]

Huh?

Since you're aware you might be spelling his name wrong, how about looking at his name?
Even Google can correct his name: http://www.google.com/search?q=stephan+pochman

Should have waited three more months, aminayoko (sorry if I spelled it wrong whatever, your real name is)

Lulz.

 

[Ranzha]

lucas garron, what i am saying is this http://cube4you.com/eastsheen-super-5x5-cube-a5s-p-134.html sticker mod on the 7x7 so each center piece has a specific place

So you're saying you found out? Pray tell. I'm actually interested in the answer since I spent a bunch of time trying to figure it out.

 

[Stefan]

come to say, this guy could of just looked it up on google

Argh!

And looked what up?

 

[mrCage]

Argh!

And looked what up?

This is not a lingo forum, but i agree Stefan. Treat english properly so others can understand it!!

Per

 

[Stefan]

This is not a lingo forum, but i agree Stefan. Treat english properly so others can understand it!!

Well, I don't usually point out such mistakes unless they're funny or they're made when mocking others about spelling. Potentially this is a case of the latter kind, if Jay meant my name. Which I don't know, that's why I asked him. It's possible he meant the thread starter, but that was over a year ago and how does Jay know what Google found a year ago? Plus I don't think the question is or was that trivial to answer by googling.

 

[trex9966]

to my calculations -its late and im tiered so i don't know how accurate i am- say that there is 4398046511104 solved states

 

[cubersmith]

This is not a lingo forum, but i agree Stefan. Treat english properly so others can understand it!!

Per

But we could understand him. Theres no need to criticise people's grammar, if you understand their point.

 

[cuBerBruce]

to my calculations -its late and im tiered so i don't know how accurate i am- say that there is 4398046511104 solved states

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