From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Wed Apr 14 22:38:03 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id WAA26294 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:38:03 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:46:33 +0100 From: David Singmaster Computing To: mag@ncsa.uiuc.edu Cc: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Message-Id: <009D6955.A6FEB505.56@ice.sbu.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Keyboard cube [was: Re: Wrist pains] Re: Tom Magliery's representation of the cube. A form of this was used by Kathleen Ollerenshaw in the early 1980s, but she also had all but the center facelet of the back face folded out to form an additional square ring around the figure so one knew what everything was. DAVID SINGMASTER, Professor of Mathematics and Metagrobologist School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics Southbank University, London, SE1 0AA, UK. Tel: 0171-815 7411; fax: 0171-815 7499; email: zingmast or David.Singmaster @sbu.ac.uk [Moderator's note: I couldn't help myself: ................................................. : : : : : : : : : +---------+---------------+---------+ : : |`. \ / .'| : : | `+.......\.........../.......+' | : : | :`. \ / .': | : : | : `+.....\......./.....+' : | : :.....+ : :`. \ / .': : +.....: : |`..: : `+---+---+---+' : :..'| : : | :`..: | : : | :..': | : : | : :`..+...:...:...+..': : | : : | : : | : : | : : | : : | : : ..+...:...:...+.. : : | : : | : ..:' | : : | `:.. : | : : | ..:' : +---+---+---+ : `:.. | : :.....+' : : .' / \ `. : : `+.....: : | : :'..../.......\....`: : | : : | : .' / \ `. : | : : | :'....../...........\......`. | : : | .' / \ `. | : : +'--------+---------------+--------`+ : : : : : : : : : :...............:...............:...............: I think something like this appears in Winning Ways, too. --Dan ]