A074914 Order of group of n X n X n Rubik cube, under assumptions not-s, m, i.

1, 3674160, 43252003274489856000, 31180187340244394380451751732775816935095098996162560000000000, 55852096265861522186773299669081144244056150466856272776458775940912440274885530047848906752000000000000000000

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 28 2003

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The three possible assumptions considered here are the following:

s (for n odd) indicates that we are working in the "supergroup" and so take account of twists of the face centers.

m (for n > 3) indicates that the pieces are marked so that we take account of the permutation of the identically-colored pieces on a face.

i (for n > 3) indicates that we are working in the theoretical invisible group and solve the pieces on the interior of the cube as well as the exterior. It is assumed that the M and S traits apply to the interior pieces as if they were on the exterior of a smaller cube.

References

• Dan Hoey, posting to Cube Lovers List, Jun 24, 1987.
• C. A. Pickover, The Math Book, Sterling, NY, 2009; see p. 452.
• Rowley, Chris, The group of the Hungarian magic cube, in Algebraic structures and applications (Nedlands, 1980), pp. 33-43, Lecture Notes in Pure and Appl. Math., 74, Dekker, New York, 1982.

Links

• Alan Bawden, Cube Lovers Archive, Part 6

Crossrefs

See A007458, A054434, A075152, A080656-A080662 for other versions.

Programs

Maple

f := proc(n) local A,B,C,D,E,F,G; if n mod 2 = 1 then A := (n-1)/2; B := (n-1)/2; C := (n-1)/2; D := 0; E := (n+4)*(n-1)*(n-3)/24; F := 0; G := 0; else A := n/2; B := n/2; C := 0; D := 0; E := n*(n^2-4)/24; F := 1; G := 0; fi; (2^A*((8!/2)*3^7)^B*((12!/2)*2^11)^C*((4^6)/2)^D*(24!/2)^E)/(24^F*((24^6)/2)^G); end;