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To: Assoc Prof W David Joyner <wdj@nadn.navy.mil>
From: Georges Helm <geohelm@pt.lu>
Subject: Re: Intro to cube group theory?
Cc: Cube-Lovers <cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu>

At 18:43 01/10/1996 -0400, you wrote:

>I think the best book is Bandelow's Inside Rubik's cube and beyond,
>which might be in a local library. I have lecture notes for a
>course I'm teaching on the Rubik's cube which I can send you
>for free. Also, a group-theorist friend of mine has several
>hundred copies of an elementary group theory book (printed
>by the US government and I think free) available - you can
>email me or him (Prof Gaglione, amg@nadn.navy.mil) if you're
>interested. Finally, Puzzletts is still selling Singmaster's 
>Notes on the Rubik's cube, though they are also out of
>print. - David Joyner
>

I think a very helpful book is

Handbook of Cubic Math by
Alexander H. Frey, Jr. + David Singmaster

Contents:

Preface 
   1.Introduction 
   2.A Cubik Orientation 
   3.Restoring the Cube 
   4.The What, Why, and How of Cube Movements 
   5.Improved Restoration Processes 
   6.The Cube Group and Subgroups 
   7.Permutation Structures and the Order of Groups 
   8.Advanced Restoration Methods 
   9.Epilogue 
A. A Small Catalogue of Processes 
B. Solutions to Exercises 
Index 

It was published by Enslow publishers

Georges
         
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