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Joyner, David, 1959-

Adventures in group theory : Rubik's Cube, Merlin's machine, and other mathematical toys / David Joyner. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. - xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index.

Chapter 1. Elementary my dear Watson -- Chapter 2. 'And you do addition?' -- Chapter 3. Bell ringing and other permutations -- Chapter 4. A procession of permutation puzzles -- Chapter 5. What's commutative and purple? -- Chapter 6. Welcome to the machine -- Chapter 7. 'God's algorithm' and graphs -- Chapter 8. Symmetry and the Platonic solids -- Chapter 9. The illegal cube group -- Chapter 10. Words which move -- Chapter 11. The (legal) Rubik's Cube group -- Chapter 12. Squares, two-faces, and other subgroups -- Chapter 13. Other Rubik-like puzzle groups -- Chapter 14. Crossing the rubicon -- Chapter 15. Some solution strategies -- Chapter 16. Coda: questions and other directions.

ISBN: 0801869455 (alk. paper) 0801869471 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2001050252

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA2-Y6212

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Group theory.
Mathematical recreations.

LC Class. No.: QA174.2 / .J69 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 512/.2