--- In [email protected], Chris Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I took the next few months to figure out how to slow down time or step in > a parallel universe while cubing, would that be allowed in a competition > environment? > > -Chris > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
I know someone who wrote a paper on the effect of the shape of the universe on the limits of computation, but I don't recall the details too well. In particular, certain shapes allow for an infinite computation to be done in finite time (from the point of view of the observer) so that for instance problems like the Goldbach Conjecture could be proven (even if true) by thrashing them out, one case at a time. Conceivably this could be used to solve the cube quickly. In the infinite context (which I assume is countably infinite), the energy in the signal sent back by the slave would kill the master as it arrived so he'd only know the answer instantaneously but the cube is a finite problem so maybe this would be a theoretical method to get an optimal solution back and hence solve the cube in a really short time with only partial damage to the solver! Probably not too practicable. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
