Some "light" reading

[ThatGuy]

http://sporadic.stanford.edu/bump/match/rubik.html
There are two pdf files on this site which go through the basics of group theory by using the rubik's cube. I've skimmed through both of them and it seems fairly easy to understand some of it. Just thought those math inclined cubers might like to read something if their bored.

 

[megaminxwin]

Ron: This is light?
Hermione: *glare*

Had to be done.

 

[lilkdub503]

I'm not sure, but this is probably Lucas Garron's class.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Ron: This is light?
Hermione: *glare*

Yes, light!

If you know where else to look.

I'm not sure, but this is probably Lucas Garron's class.

Nope. It's an older class designed and taught occasionally by Daniel Bump, and this quarter by Matt Kahle.

 

[MiloD]

If you know where else to look.

Awesome. I will be looking there right now.

 

[cmhardw]

I made it to page 18 of the rubik.pdf before my brain melted. I'm interested to study this much further, I've never really tried to formalize the stuff I "know" about the math behind the cube. It's neat to actually try to read a work that does. I know this is not the first work to do so, but it is the first that I have read, and that makes it interesting to me.

Thanks for the link!

Chris

 

[iasimp1997]

Someone interviewed me and my friends for this class at Stanford.

 

[JTW2007]

Very nice.

Also: wow, I haven't been linked here in years!