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  2. Optimal solutions for the Rubik's Cube - Wikipedia

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    Using this notation for a three-layered cube is more consistent with multiple-layered cubes. [8] Rotating the whole cube: The letters x, y and z are used to signify cube rotations. x signifies rotating the cube in the R direction. y signifies the rotation of the cube in the U direction. z signifies the rotation of the cube on the F direction ...

  3. Rubik's family cubes of varying sizes - Wikipedia

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    A rotation of the whole cube does not change the state considered herein. In other texts, the various states are often referred to as permutations or arrangements. Cube layer A cube layer is a one-cubie-thick slice of the cube perpendicular to its axis of rotation. Outer layers (faces) contain more cubies than inner layers.

  4. Mechanical puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Well-known puzzles of this sort are the Rubik's Cube and the Tower of Hanoi. This category also includes those puzzles in which one or more pieces have to be slid into the right position, of which the N-puzzle is the best known. Rush Hour or Sokoban are other examples. The Rubik's Cube caused an unprecedented boom of this category. A large ...

  5. Hoffman's packing puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The total volume of the pieces, 27xyz, is less than the volume (x + y + z) 3 of the cube that they pack into. If one takes the cube root of both volumes, and divides by three, then the number obtained in this way from the total volume of the pieces is the geometric mean of x , y , and z , while the number obtained in the same way from the ...

  6. Rubik's Cube - Wikipedia

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    The Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 [2] [3] by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, [4] the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Pentangle Puzzles in the UK in 1978, [5] and then by Ideal Toy Corp in 1980 [6] via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns ...

  7. Cube - Wikipedia

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    The cube can be represented as the cell, and examples of a honeycomb are cubic honeycomb, order-5 cubic honeycomb, order-6 cubic honeycomb, and order-7 cubic honeycomb. [47] The cube can be constructed with six square pyramids, tiling space by attaching their apices. [48] Polycube is a polyhedron in which the faces of many cubes are attached.

  8. Four-dimensional space - Wikipedia

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    Four-dimensional space (4D) is the mathematical extension of the concept of three-dimensional space (3D). Three-dimensional space is the simplest possible abstraction of the observation that one needs only three numbers, called dimensions, to describe the sizes or locations of objects in the everyday world.

  9. Isometric projection - Wikipedia

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    By rotating the cube by 45° on the x-axis, the point (1, 1, 1) will therefore become (1, 0, √ 2) as depicted in the diagram. The second rotation aims to bring the same point on the positive z -axis and so needs to perform a rotation of value equal to the arctangent of 1 ⁄ √ 2 which is approximately 35.264°.