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Re: Question about # of possible arrangements of 8 cubes

That's an interesting question. I'll be curious to hear what you find
out and/or figure out.

--- In platonicsolids@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Suttin
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> I recently attended a teacher workshop on math
> manipulatives. One of the activities was to figure
> out how many geometrically "unique" ways 8 cubes can
> be arranged with face-to-face connections. I have
> begun to catalog my results including the chiral
> (mirror-image)examples.
> My question is: Does there exist any kind of
> theorem for such an exercise that gives the total
> nuber of possibilities?
> Will appreceiate any responses.
> Dan Suttin
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danradin
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Jan 13, 2007
11:25 pm

I recently attended a teacher workshop on math manipulatives. One of the activities was to figure out how many geometrically "unique" ways 8 cubes can be...
Daniel Suttin
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Feb 1, 2007
2:24 pm

That's an interesting question. I'll be curious to hear what you find out and/or figure out....
danradin
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Feb 4, 2007
2:41 am

Hi Dan, I posted the question to 4 math groups, and I got replies from 2 of them. The answer is 6,922. My write-up turned into 2 new Word files. Let me know...
Daniel Suttin
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Feb 4, 2007
7:36 am

Hi Dan, Yes, please mail me your Word files. I would love to read them. I'm amazed at how high a number the answer is. Dan ... flight and hotel bargains....
danradin
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Feb 6, 2007
12:56 am

Hi Dan Suttin, I read your Word files. Great work! There's lots of interesting stuff there and great photos and other graphics. I liked your final photos of...
danradin
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Feb 10, 2007
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Hi Dan Radin, Glad you liked my files on the 8-cube question. Please feel free to upload them to the group or to share them with whomever. Dan Suttin ... ...
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