From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mon Aug 24 14:37:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.8/mc) with SMTP id OAA02331; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From cube-lovers-request@life.ai.mit.edu Sat Aug 22 20:18:25 1998 Message-Id: <35DF587E.6C0D@ameritech.net> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 18:47:10 -0500 From: Hana Bizek Reply-To: hbizek@ameritech.net To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: designs from Rubik's cubes Hi, fellow cube-lovers I am a recent member of the cube-lovers mailing list. I would like to help me answer this question: has any of you constructed, or does anyone of you know someone who has constructed, a composite, pleasant, geometrical design on a set of Rubik's cubes? The design is a three dimensional {but not necessarily cubical} structure that exhibits some symmetry on all its faces. Such designs are quite different from the picture-like structures built by Jacob Davenport. I saw his pictures when I consucted an ongoing web search to answer the above question. So far I was not successful, and so I seek your help. I am the author of these designs. I know they can be done because I have done them. I do not have a web page of my own yet, but a friend of mine kindly offered to put three of these designs on his web page. They may be seen at http://www.ssie.binghamton.edu/~jirif/cube.html. This should open my friend's speed cubing page. My designs are there under the heading "Hana Bizek's cube art." Yes, Jirka Fridrich is a speed cubist, which is an art in itself. You will find other interesting things there, including a signature of Erno Rubik. A photo of a design has one flaw; you can only see three faces of the design. What does the rest of the design look like? Answer: sometimes opposite faces of the design are exactly identical, both in color and geometrical pattern. One of my designs in Jirka's page, the so-called ctyrsprezi design, is such a design. It has four colors only on its six faces. Why this should be so is a cornerstone of the design theory. The reason is explained in my book,"Mathematics of the Rubik's cube design," published last year. amazon.com has it online. Well, O better end this message, or it will itself deberate into a book. Any help you can offer in my search for a "cube sculptor" will be gratefully appreciated. And of course I stand by these designs and will answer any questions. My name is Hana M. Bizek and my email address is hbizek@ameritech.net. Thank you very much. I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Hana