Adventures in group theory : Rubik's cube, Merlin's machine, and other mathematical toys / David Joyner.

Author: Joyner, David, 1959-

Edition Statement:2nd ed., Updated and rev. ed.

Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Descriptionxv, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:Elementary, my dear Watson -- 'And you do addition?' -- Bell ringing and other permutations -- A procession of permutation puzzles -- What's commutative and purple? -- Welcome to the machine -- 'God's algorithm' and graphs -- Symmetry and the Platonic solids -- The illegal cube group -- Words which move -- The (legal) Rubik's cube group -- Squares, two-faces, and other subgroups -- Other Rubik-like puzzle groups -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Some solution strategies -- Coda: Questions and other directions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-304) and index.

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