From cube-lovers-errors@curry.epilogue.com Fri Jul 5 20:09:33 1996 Return-Path: cube-lovers-errors@curry.epilogue.com Received: from curry.epilogue.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by curry.epilogue.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA16504; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 20:09:32 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@curry.epilogue.com X-Sender: ltaylor@pop.kaiwan.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 17:02:18 -0700 To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu From: "Larry A. Taylor" Subject: Rubik's Cube mailing list I would be interested in descriptions of algorithms and heuristics used for solutions of the Rubik's Cube problem. I have a copy of the Rubik's Math book in which (Freimaster?) the author describes some computer work done in England or Wales (was it Thistlewaite?) There seemed to be no way to contact the author, trace the paper, and even a letter to the publishers of the book go no clues to the "newsletter" mentioned. It would be a great benefit to find out more about these computer methods. A portion of my dissertation work is based on search over the Rubik's cube domain. What is the status of the legal dispute? I was able to buy a cube in a regular store a short while ago, after apparently being absent for many years. LAT Larry A. Taylor, . UCLA Computer Science Dept., Ph.D. candidate . DBA North Circle Software, 13104 Philadelphia St, Suite 208, Whitter, CA 90601. Bus. phone, (310) 698-2739. Fax (310) 698-8164. <75176.1071@compuserve.com>,