On the MagicCube4D home page, the links for Nate and his Hyper Cube program no longer work. I had encountered and tried Nate's program about the same time I ...
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Melinda Green
melliferous2
Apr 4, 2005 11:37 pm
i'll be happy to publish the package if you can get his permission....
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Guy Padfield
guy_padfield
Apr 5, 2005 8:39 am
He seems to be alive and well here: http://www.math.gatech.edu/~berglund/. Guy Padfield _____ From: ...
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Melinda Green
melliferous2
Apr 5, 2005 8:53 am
thanks guy! i've updated the page. if you or someone else wants to try to convince him to join the list, please do. -melinda...
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David Vanderschel
david_vds
Apr 5, 2005 8:45 pm
... OK. Thanks Melinda. So that problem is solved now. I am embarrassed that I did not do yet another search before I posted my query. I find him now with...
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Remigiusz Durka
remigiusz_durka
Apr 11, 2005 4:53 pm
I've solved the 2^4 (920 moves)...Why there is no hall of fame of 2^4?;) (I can do better;) <- or I hope I can;). The 2^4 is not so easy... Where can I find...
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Melinda Green
melliferous2
Apr 11, 2005 7:00 pm
hello remigiusz, i'm not keeping track of 2^4 solutions since every 3^4 solver is my definition also a 2^4 solver. i will however maintain a record of the...
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Jay Berkenbilt
ejb_ql_org
Apr 12, 2005 4:23 pm
... Congratulations on your solution. :-) I had posted my 588-move solution to 2^4 some time ago. I solved on July 2, 2004. At the time, we reached loose...
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Remigiusz Durka
remigiusz_durka
Apr 13, 2005 12:39 pm
... thank you... ... record... #) Okey;) I haven't look closer to this cube... (moves on 2^4 are diffrent...and for example I translated the Second 4-colour...
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Remigiusz Durka
remigiusz_durka
Apr 13, 2005 12:47 pm
What does it look like system for 4^4? Double cross? Any special sequences needed? Thants for any tips.......
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Nathanael Berglund
nathanael_bb
Apr 14, 2005 5:54 am
A few years back I thought of a possible "physical model" for higher dimensional Rubik's Cubes. The phrase "physical model" must of course be taken with a...
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Nathanael Berglund
nathanael_bb
Apr 14, 2005 5:50 pm
Perhaps a few pictures are in order, since equations don't always give a geometric intuition of what's going on. There should be two gifs attached to this...
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Remigiusz Durka
remigiusz_durka
Apr 14, 2005 10:37 pm
Excuse me for talking so much....(when I joined there started the high activity on this group;)) I have another questions and suggestions: -I want to translate...
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Roice Nelson
roice3
Apr 15, 2005 12:44 am
... Feel free to translate this solution and to use any material from it. If you publish another solution that directly copies material (or is based on...
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Melinda Green
melliferous2
Apr 15, 2005 1:05 am
Remigiusz, you do not need to make excuses for "disturbing" the list. i know it seems like it's asleep most of the time but i'm sure most members would like to...
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Don Hatch
hatch@...
Apr 15, 2005 5:03 pm
The linux version does let you rotate in 3d, but not a fully general rotation-- there are two degrees of freedom called "tilt" and "twirl", which you can...
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Jay Berkenbilt
ejb_ql_org
Apr 17, 2005 1:17 am
... A shortcut for this is to just shift-click on any cell. This will give you a 90, 120, or 180 degree rotation of the entire puzzle, just like holding down...
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Don Hatch
hatch@...
Apr 17, 2005 11:04 pm
... Forgot about that-- much easier :-) ... And forgot that too!! I was trying SHIFT-left and CTRL-left -- oops. ... Is there any way to get it to print out...
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Melinda Green
melliferous2
Apr 18, 2005 8:21 pm
hello nathanael, welcome to the MC4D group!! you will be interested to know that don and i originally had a protracted debate about the "best" 4D...
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Nathanael Berglund
nathanael_bb
Apr 19, 2005 5:35 am
... Indeed, from the point of view of algebra, both of your models yield the same set of possible states. In fact, I believe with my "physical model" all the...
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David Vanderschel
david_vds
Apr 19, 2005 2:31 pm
... How to do it: Rotate a face, say the top one, 45 degrees. You can then pry up the edge pieces of the top face, popping them out without damaging...
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Nathanael Berglund
nathanael_bb
Apr 19, 2005 5:47 pm
It's fun to see some mathematics happening in this forum. Although actually solving a Rubik's Hypercube is certainly interesting, the mere fact that we're...
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Roice Nelson
roice3
Apr 20, 2005 12:33 am
... I can buy your conclusion, but my reasoning comes from a different perspective. At first I disagreed. I thought it would be better to explicitly define...
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Remigiusz Durka
remigiusz_durka
May 3, 2005 7:32 am
Hello!I've just solved 2x2x2x2 (it was second time I tried that cube) First solution had 920 moves.This 424 ! ;)) However I don't agree with that number! I did...
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Katarzyna Lazar
kopernik74
May 3, 2005 9:14 am
Hello! Congratulations Remik! Dobra robota! Polak potrafi ! :) Oby tak dalej! ... It is also my wish, because i don't use Linux but I like 3x3x3x3 very much ...
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Remigiusz Durka
remigiusz_durka
May 3, 2005 2:02 pm
Thank You Kate! I use Knopix 3.3 (linux which boots from cd - so no install needed) Meanwhile use : http://www.hadron.org/~hatch/MagicCube4dApplet ...
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Melinda Green
melliferous2
May 3, 2005 4:46 pm
hello remingiusz, congratulations on your new solution. the file counts all moves so that you can undo them. to count only the ones that are twists, use the...
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4D_Cubing@yahoogroups...
May 3, 2005 10:19 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the 4D_Cubing group. File :...
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Don Hatch
hatch@...
May 3, 2005 11:10 pm
... Most computers have gotten much faster since this program was written :-) To slow down the linux version, use the -nframes90, -nframes120, -nframes180...
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marc.guegueniat@...
May 4, 2005 5:04 pm
Hi Everyone, I've just solved the 4D cube. (3^4) I'm quite interested in. I'm french, 23 and started studying the cube 4 years ago. In fact, I started thinking...
