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From: pfrants@cs.vu.nl (Frants P)
Subject: Re: Rubik Cube
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 18:13:27 GMT
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pben@midkan.com (Paul Benjamin) writes:

>pfrants@cs.vu.nl (Frants P) wrote:
>>
>>I think that it is only known *that* the cube can be solved in 17 moves,
>>not *how*.
>>
>>Patrick Frants
>>-- 
>>/***************************************************************\
>>Name:	Patrick Frants 			E-Mail: pfrants@cs.vu.nl
>>Doing:	RCFS (Radio Control Flight Simulator)

>Fifteen years ago or so I bought a little paperback book that had an
>illustrated method to solve the cube.  It worked but it felt like
>cheating to me.  Alas I can't even find my cube now much less the
>cheat book.

Of course it is possible to solve the cube (Just give me one). The point was
that the optimal algorithm (Gods algorithm) is not known.

Patrick
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Name:	Patrick Frants 			E-Mail: pfrants@cs.vu.nl
Doing:	RCFS (Radio Control Flight Simulator)
