Brilliant.
But what if we do the L like this:
-x-
-x-
-xx
or possibly this way:
x--
x--
xx-
/Lars
On Nov 25, 2005, at 12:39, kwickykanny wrote:
>> Anyone got a good way to write PHIL around the cube?
>>
>> Something like this:
>>
>> xx- x-x -x- x--
>> xx- xxx -x- x--
>> x-- x-x -x- xxx
>
> Can't be done. Let's start off with a definite color arrangement (in
> math terms, "without loss of generality"). Say, a normal white-opp-
> yellow cube with the yellow center on top and the "P" is made up of
> blue squares. Then the "H" has to be red, the "I" green and the "L",
> by virtue of the center being orange, CANNOT be orange.
>
> Let's think about what the left side of the "P" must be made of.
> Well, both blue-red corners are already used on the "H" side, so the
> corners of the left side of the "P" must both be blue-orange. Now
> which corner is at the bottom of the "P"? It can't be the blue-
> orange-white corner, because then part of the "L" would be orange.
> So it must be the blue-orange-yellow corner. That means the lower-
> right corner of the "L" - and hence the entire "L" - must be yellow.
>
> We need three yellow corners to make the "L". But guess what: both
> red-yellow corners are already on the opposite "H" side, so there's
> no way to get the three yellows we need. Sorry PHIL, but you ain't
> gonna happen.
>
>
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