Rubik's cube has been around for roughly two generations and it continues to fascinate. This report will focus on the different facets and historical facts surrounding the cube and what has happened with the Cube over the years. The depth and breadth to which mathematics is needed to solve the cube as well as the different overall methods that can be used to solve the cube will be summarized. The different uses of the cube and the different ways in which the puzzle has been solved through the years will be mentioned. While it may seem like a pointless toy to many, the reach and magnitude of the Rubik's Cube over the years has been and remains palpable. The Rubik's Cube was created in Budapest, Hungary by Erno Rubik. The year of its creation was 1974. Even Erno himself couldn't solve the cube until nearly a month had passed. The first prototype was wooden-colored and white but eventually evolved into the multi-color form that existed from 1975 onward. It began to be sold in toy shops, but only in Hungary, in 1977 but a worldwide distribution deal was procured and agreed upon in 1979....
The cube was created by Erno Rubik as a means to demonstrate problems with a primary focus being spatial relationships. However, Rubik himself has always regarded the cube as a work of art and that it can be used to look at all of the different parts of the human condition including intelligence, problems, simplicity, complexity, stability, dynamism, order and chaos. The traditional cube is 3x3x3 but newer cubes are 4x4x4 or even 5x5x5. (Rubik's). Over the years, a number of books have been authored that assist in how to solve the Rubik's cube (Harris).
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