Notes on Rubik's Magic Cube
Edition: Fifth Edition
Publisher: Mathematical Sciences and Computing Polytechnic
Published: 1980
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 68
Copyright date: 1980
Subjects: Rubik's Cube.
Notes: Previous ed., London , D. Singmaster, 1980?.

Bibliography, pB1-2. - Includes index.
Table of contents: label: Introduction to the fifth edition
title: i; label: Contents
title: iii; label: 1. Introduction (to the first printed edition)
title: 1; label: 2. Generalities
title: 1; label: Disassembly
title: 2; label: 3. Notation
title: 3; label: 4. Some group theory
title: 4; label: 5. Some explorations
title: 10; label: A. The slice group
title: 10; label: B. The slice-squared group
title: 11; label: C. Two squares group
title: 11; label: D. The antislice group
title: 11; label: E. The two generator group
title: 12; label: F. Some simple processes
title: 12; label: 6. The Basic Mathematical Problem
title: 12; label: 7. Further problems
title: 18; label: A. The supergroup
title: 18; label: B. The three generator groups
title: 18; label: C. The four generator groups
title: 18; label: D. The five generator group
title: 18; label: E. The square group
title: 18; label: F. The maximal order problem
title: 18; label: G. The commutator subgroup
title: 18; label: H. Pretty patterns
title: 18; label: I. Super problems
title: 18; label: 8. Some answers and comments
title: 18; label: The slice group
title: 20; label: Slice-squared group
title: 20; label: The slice group
title: 20; label: The squares group
title: 20; label: The antislice group
title: 20; label: The two generator group
title: 21; label: The supergroup
title: 22; label: 9. Supplement on the Basic Mathematical Problem
title: 22; label: A. Improved edge processes
title: 22; label: B. Monoflips and monotwists
title: 23; label: C. Some further improved corner processes
title: 24; label: D. An improved algorithm
title: 24; label: E. Problem 19
title: 26; label: 10. Some results on further problems
title: 26; label: A. Orders of subgroups
title: 26; label: B. The five generator group
title: 26; label: C. The maximal order problem
title: 27; label: D. The commutator subgroup
title: 27; label: E. Pretty patterns
title: 28; label: F. More magic polyhedra
title: 28; label: Addenda (to the first edition)
title: 29; label: Addenda to the second edition
title: 30; label: Addenda to the third edition
title: 31; label: The slice group
title: 31; label: Some problems
title: 33; label: Addenda to the Fourth Edition
title: 34; label: Minimum number of moves
title: 34; label: The Magic Domino
title: 34; label: Addenda to the Fifth Edition
title: 36; label: 5.1. Lubrication
title: 37; label: 5.2. Distribution of the cube
title: 37; label: 5.3. Independent invention
title: 37; label: 5.4. General anecdotes
title: 38; label: 5.5. Competitions and shortest times
title: 38; label: 5.6. Problem 19 - Maximum number of moves to restore the cube
title: 39; label: A. Thistlethwaite's algorithm
title: 39; label: B. Other algorithms
title: 39; label: 5.7. New notation and diagrams
title: 40; label: A. U notation
title: 41; label: 5.8. A small catalogue of processes
title: 43; label: A. U edge processes
title: 43; label: i. Two 2-cycles
title: 43; label: ii. One 3-cycle
title: 43; label: iii. Flips
title: 44; label: B. U corner processes
title: 44; label: i. Two 2-cycles
title: 44; label: ii. One 3-cycle
title: 44; label: iii. Twists
title: 44; label: C. Some other U processes
title: 44; label: D. Some non-U processes
title: 45; label: E. Edge(s) into middle slice processes
title: 45; label: F. Supergroup processes
title: 45; label: G. Comments on useful new partial processes
title: 46; label: 5.9. Pretty patterns
title: 46; label: A. Symmetries of the cube and the centres group
title: 46; label: B. The simpler pretty patterns
title: 47; label: C. More complex pretty patterns
title: 48; label: 5.10. Theoretical developments and problems
title: 49; label: A. The U group
title: 49; label: B. Generation of the whole group
title: 49; label: C. Presentations
title: 50; label: D. Orders of elements
title: 50; label: E. The two-dimensional problem
title: 51; label: F. Cayley graphs and antipodes
title: 52; label: G. The square group - 2 x 2 x 2 case
title: 53; label: H. The antislice group
title: 54; label: I. The square group - 3 x 3 x 3 case
title: 54; label: J. The two generator group
title: 55; label: K. The group <F,B2>
title: 57; label: L. Conjugation and cycle structure
title: 57; label: M. Wreath products
title: 58; label: N. The 2 x 2 x 2 cube
title: 60; label: 5.11. Miscellany 60 Bibliography
title: Bl-B2; label: Index
title: I1-I5; label: A step by step solution of Rubik's 'Magic Cube'
title: S1-S4