Hi :-) At Caltech the maths is not normal either ;-)
-Per > --- In [email protected], Rune Wesström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Didn´t you mean 2048? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyson Mao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] Rubik's cube the 'puzzle' > > > > The way we solve the cube, it's not a puzzle. The Rubik's Cube, when > > solved without being taught, is indeed a puzzle. The fact that the > > Rubik's Cube has 12 additional orientation combinations for the centers > > (did I get that number right) is pretty trivial. If they want to > > define puzzle that way, fine, we just draw some arrows. > > > > If anything, I think just citing the number of Rubik's Cube > > competitions compared to Sudoku competitions, and I think we can rest > > our case. > > > > Tyson Mao > > MSC #631 > > California Institute of Technology > > > > On Jan 5, 2006, at 1:21 AM, Jasmine Lee wrote: > > > > > Today a friend showed me a passage in her Sudoku book which claimed > > > that > > > the Rubik's Cube is NOT a puzzle. Their claim is that anything which > > > has > > > more than one solved state is not a puzzle. Their reason is that > > > because > > > the centres on a standard Rubik's Cube can have various different > > > orientations and we still consider it 'solved', then it isn't a puzzle. > > > By this definition only supercubes are puzzles. > > > > > > I thought the book sounded pretty crap. My friend didn't necessarily > > > believe it either, but had told me about it because she knew I'd be > > > interested in anything that mentioned cubes. Maybe the author was just > > > trying to convince sudoku solvers that they are cooler than cubers?? ;) > > > > > > What does everyone else think? > > > > > > BTW, I consulted Wikipedia to see what it had to say on the matter: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle (You'll see that the cube is almost > > > the definition of puzzle in Wikipedia! Well, not quite, but you'll see > > > what I mean if you follow this link.) > > > > > > Jasmine > > > http://speedcuber.blogspot.com > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders > > > wherever you are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
