Received: from CSNET-RELAY.ARPA by AI.AI.MIT.EDU 26 Aug 86 00:54:03 EDT Received: from dartmouth by csnet-relay.csnet id ah03666; 25 Aug 86 22:00 EDT Received: by dartmouth.EDU (4.13D/2.3D) id AA19439; Mon, 25 Aug 86 21:13:13 edt Date: Mon, 25 Aug 86 21:13:13 edt To: cube-lovers@AI.AI.MIT.EDU From: Andy Behrens Subject: Re: Paraphernalia References: <8608191515.AA23076@EDDIE> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH The blue-covered book that Paul (pm@harvard.HARVARD.EDU) refers to is probably David Singmaster's pamphlet Notes_on_Rubik's_'Magic_Cube'. It is 60 pages long, and includes sections on the basic mathematical problem, some of the simple subgroups, pretty patterns, algorithms to restore the cube in the shortest number of moves. It lists many processes for flipping and rotating edges and corners. If the book is still in print, it is available from Enslow Publishers Bloy St. and Ramsey Ave. Hillside, New Jersey 07205 (USA) -- ISBN 0-89490-043-9 or David Singmaster & Co. 66 Mount View Road London N4 4JR (UK) -- ISBN 0-907395-00-7 Andy Behrens {astrovax,decvax,ihnp4,linus,harvard}!dartvax!andyb.UUCP andyb@dartmouth.EDU andyb%dartmouth@csnet-relay.ARPA