From reid@math.berkeley.edu Wed Apr 15 01:54:00 1992 Return-Path: Received: from math.berkeley.edu by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA23176; Wed, 15 Apr 92 01:54:00 EDT Received: from phnom-penh.berkeley.edu.berkeley.edu by math.berkeley.edu (4.1/1.33(math)) id AA29772; Tue, 14 Apr 92 22:53:57 PDT Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 22:53:57 PDT From: reid@math.berkeley.edu (michael reid) Message-Id: <9204150553.AA29772@math.berkeley.edu> To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu, wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: God's algorithm > From: wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) > Subject: God's algorithm > In rec.puzzles, sijben@cs.utwente.nl (Paul Sijben) writes: > > > As far a I know is the maximum number of moves requierd to solve The > > Cube is just over 30 (35 by the last count a year ago, and decending). > > Someone in the NKC (Nederlandse Kubus Club= dutch cube club) was busy > > working on a system hoping to reach god's algorythm. I can dig in my > > archives if anyone want more precice infomation. > > Has anyone else heard anything of this business ? well, it's been kicking around in both rec.puzzles and sci.math lately. maybe you should ask if anyone has heard any follow-up to the above. i've sent away to the dutch cubists' club for membership and info, but they want payments in the form of international money orders (which probably means a good month or two delay). if/when i have some more info on this, i'll gladly share it with cube-lovers. mike