Hi,
I have read several posts where Tom was explaining how he estimated the number of cube states at depth 20 on cube20.org. Does anyone know how he estimated the number of states for depth 17?
My two cents: when summing up his estimates for depths 16-19, i.e. (1.1 + 12 + 29 + 1.5)*10^18 = 43.6*10^18, it already gets bigger than all cube states: 43.2*10^18. When comparing Tom's depth 16-20 estimates with Herbert's estimates (see the section below the bar charts), all estimates match closely except for depth 17, indicating Tom's estimate for cube states at depth 17 might be overestimated - (11.5 or 11.6 or 11.55)*10^18 instead of 12*10^18 states would fix both mentioned issues.
I have read several posts where Tom was explaining how he estimated the number of cube states at depth 20 on cube20.org. Does anyone know how he estimated the number of states for depth 17?
My two cents: when summing up his estimates for depths 16-19, i.e. (1.1 + 12 + 29 + 1.5)*10^18 = 43.6*10^18, it already gets bigger than all cube states: 43.2*10^18. When comparing Tom's depth 16-20 estimates with Herbert's estimates (see the section below the bar charts), all estimates match closely except for depth 17, indicating Tom's estimate for cube states at depth 17 might be overestimated - (11.5 or 11.6 or 11.55)*10^18 instead of 12*10^18 states would fix both mentioned issues.
