Puzzle, Binomial Cube
Puzzle, Binomial Cube
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- Description
- This puzzle consists of twenty-seven cubes which are glued together to form one 1 x 1 x 1 cube, three 1 x 1 x 2 blocks, three 1 x 2 x 2 blocks and one 2 x 2 x 2 cube. The sides of the cubes are painted according to a scheme devised by Farrell. The goal is to arrange the pieces to form a cube in which the opposite faces are of the same color - the colors of the outside are red, green and black. There are also two additional 1 x 1 x 1 cubes. Replacing one of these for the 1 x 1 x 1 cube yields a puzzle with two solutions, the second a puzzle with no solutions.
- Reference:
- Jeremiah P. Farrell, "Cube Puzzles," The Mathemagician and the Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner, ed. Elwyn Berlekamp and Tom Rodgers, Natick, MA: A. K. Peters,1999, 145-149.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Puzzle
- Date made
- 1990s
- maker
- Farrell, Jeremiah P.
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- Measurements
- overall: 8.2 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 3 7/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
- ID Number
- 2005.3031.03
- catalog number
- 2005.3031.03
- nonaccession number
- 2005.3031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jeremiah P. Farrell
- subject
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Recreations
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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