Drexel dragonThe Math ForumDonate to the Math Forum

The Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library

The Mathematics of the Rubik's Cube

_____________________________________
Library Home || Full Table of Contents || Suggest a Link || Library Help
_____________________________________

Visit this site: http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/rubik_nts.htm
Author:W. D. Joyner; Dept. of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy
Description: Lecture notes for a math course taught by the author, available in latex and ascii versions and including an introduction, references, and chapters on Logic; Functions on sets; Permutations and permutation puzzles; Some solution strategies; Groups; Orbits, actions, and cosets; Cayley graphs and God's algorithm; Symmetry groups of the Platonic solids; Structure of the Rubik's cube group; Rubika esoterica; and Realizing PGL(2,F5) inside the Rubik's cube group.
Levels: College
Languages: English
Resource Types: Course Notes, Problems/Puzzles, Bibliographies
Math Topics: Group Theory, Permutations/Combinations, Polyhedra, Symmetry/Tessellations, Logic/Foundations, Set Theory

[Privacy Policy] [Terms of Use]

_____________________________________
Home || The Math Library || Quick Reference || Search || Help
_____________________________________

© 1994-2009 Drexel University. All rights reserved.
http://mathforum.org/
 The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies.The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies.