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The Algebra of Rubik’s Cube

The Algebra of Rubik’s Cube. Iain Beaton St. Francis Xavier University April 10 th , 2012. History. Invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik Rubik sold the license to Ideal Toy Corp. and won German Game of the year in 1980. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide.

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The Algebra of Rubik’s Cube

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  1. The Algebra of Rubik’s Cube Iain Beaton St. Francis Xavier University April 10th, 2012

  2. History • Invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik • Rubik sold the license to Ideal Toy Corp. and won German Game of the year in 1980. • As of January 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide

  3. How it Works • The 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube consists of 6 faces, each with 9 colored squares called facets • A solved cube has all of the facets on each face having the same color. • There is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000 possible arrangements of the facets. • But only 1 solution!

  4. Rubik’s Cube Group (G,∙)

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