JACube can solve optimally in STM. /Gustav
d_j_salvia skrev: >Hi Mike, > >--- In [email protected], mike_go_uk ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi David >> >>--- In [email protected], "d_j_salvia" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>I'm interested in the fewest moves needed to solve the cube using this >>>notation. What metric should these be classified within? >>> >>> >>Slice HTM, surely. >> >> > >Ah, a new metric. Thanks. > > > >>>What would >>>the upper and lower bounds be? >>> >>> >>Well.. the upper bound cannot /exceed/ Mike Reid's figure of 29, which >>is the current upper bound in HTM. >> >> > >I thought that was 26. > > > >> Presumably this could be reduced, >>but you'd have to persuade someone to repeat Reid's calculations for >>your new metric. >> >> > >Anybody? > > > >>As for the lower bound, I don't currently have the energy to do the >>standard counting argument, taking into account commutation of moves on >>the same axis -- but you almost certainly know how to do this anyway. >>Since it is the argument that gives 18 (rather than 20) as the lower >>bound for HTM, you probably wanted something better than that. >> >> > >Yes, that's implied. > > > >>Unfortunately, I don't have an optimal solver for this metric, so I >>can't try likely-looking candidates... >> >> > >Does anyone? > > > >>Regards >>Mike >> >> > >Thanks, > >Cheers, > >David J > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >__________ NOD32 1.1282 (20051109) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.nod32.com > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
