Comments on: Life With My Geeks – Battle of the Geek http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Paul Evans http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-45508 Paul Evans Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:47:14 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/#comment-45508 Actually found that story pretty amusing :-) Smart little guy! Actually found that story pretty amusing :-) Smart little guy!

]]> By: Simon Johnson http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-45494 Simon Johnson Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:58:39 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/#comment-45494 You might want to get him to investigate how many seperate solution spaces there are for the Rubik’s Cube. You can imagine each space as being an Island. There is no way to permuate a cube in one island in such as a way as to make a cube in the other island. In your case, your Husband changed the properties of the cube to move the cube in to a new solution space. There are just as many permutations of the cube in this solution space as there are in the normal solution space. However, if my memory serves me right, there in fact 12 seperate solution spaces. See if he can prove this result! You might want to get him to investigate how many seperate solution spaces there are for the Rubik’s Cube.

You can imagine each space as being an Island. There is no way to permuate a cube in one island in such as a way as to make a cube in the other island.

In your case, your Husband changed the properties of the cube to move the cube in to a new solution space. There are just as many permutations of the cube in this solution space as there are in the normal solution space.

However, if my memory serves me right, there in fact 12 seperate solution spaces.

See if he can prove this result!

]]> By: David Starr http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/comment-page-1/#comment-45489 David Starr Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:18:29 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/2009/04/16/life-with-my-geeks-battle-of-the-geek/#comment-45489 He can be a real know-it-all like that. He can be a real know-it-all like that.

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