Date: 7 December 1980 1620-est From: Bernard S. Greenberg Subject: Re: Maximally distant states To: McKeeman.PA at PARC-Maxc Cc: CUBE-LOVERS at MIT-MC, ALAN at MIT-MC King of bogosity! Fencepost errors abound. Here's an "even" identity transform for you: (R R)^2. Halfway through this transform is ONE state. There are no "two furthest points on the path", there is one. There ARE, however, two ways out of it. And similar to all even identity transforms.