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From: mmcg@bruce.OZ (Mike  Mc Gaughey)
Newsgroups: sci.math,comp.theory
Subject: Re: The strong force (was: Re: Rubik's Cube Problem)
Message-ID: <1766@bruce.OZ>
Date: 27 Dec 89 03:26:09 GMT
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Organization: Monash Uni. Computer Science, Australia
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markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) [24 Dec 89 07:25:07 GMT]:
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>>Nope. For example you could change two edge cubie colors and it could
>>not be solved from that position.
> 
> There's a little known method of solving the cube from this position that
> makes a good analogy with the effects of the strong nuclear force on

Maybe _you_ can help me then.  I have a pristine cube, and I've just
exchanged the stickers on the top edge cubie facing me.  How do I
solve it?

So far, the only way I've been able to solve this one is to whack
it in a particle accelerator and wait for the stickers to change
color again...

Mike :-)
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