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Hauptverfasser: Qu, Yanlin, Rokicki, Tomas, Yang, Hillary
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.20630
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author Qu, Yanlin
Rokicki, Tomas
Yang, Hillary
author_facet Qu, Yanlin
Rokicki, Tomas
Yang, Hillary
contents Scrambling the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube corresponds to a random walk on a group containing approximately 43 quintillion elements. Viewing the random walk as a Markov chain, its mixing time determines the number of random moves required to sufficiently scramble a solved cube. With the aid of a supercomputer, we show that the mixing time is at least 26, providing the first non-trivial bound.
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spellingShingle Rubik's Cube Scrambling Requires at Least 26 Random Moves
Qu, Yanlin
Rokicki, Tomas
Yang, Hillary
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Scrambling the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube corresponds to a random walk on a group containing approximately 43 quintillion elements. Viewing the random walk as a Markov chain, its mixing time determines the number of random moves required to sufficiently scramble a solved cube. With the aid of a supercomputer, we show that the mixing time is at least 26, providing the first non-trivial bound.
title Rubik's Cube Scrambling Requires at Least 26 Random Moves
topic Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.20630