Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Chris_F_Chiesa From: Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Factoring Rubik's Cube Message-ID: <24860@cup.portal.com> Date: 9 Dec 89 23:58:14 GMT References: <11390025@hpldola.HP.COM> <391@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 21 > > I would STRONGLY suggest using one of the solutions to Rubik's Cube > books. There was at least one that presents a concise algorithm for > solving the cube depending on its initial state, with a few branches > here and there depending on results from previous moves. The one > I'm referring to (I can't remember the title) was written independent > of the color-coding scheme of the faces, thus it was independent of > the "brand" of cube you were solving. > ---Prem Subrahmanyam Forgive me if this has already been posted; I'm progressing serially through back news articles... The book described above, may be (sure agrees with MY copy of) The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube by James G. Nourse. Published in 1981 by Bantam books... very small paper- back, almost a pamphlet.