Re: [OT] Re: Understanding mathematics through learning

From	"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.conspiracy, comp.programming, alt.mythology
Subject	Re: [OT] Re: Understanding mathematics through learning
Date	2016-12-08 21:30 +0800
Organization	Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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On 8/12/2016 5:58 PM, David Brown wrote:
> If you are interested in the maths, you can take a solved cube and pick
> a short sequence of moves.  Repeat this sequence, and count how many
> repetitions are needed to return the cube to solved.  It will /always/
> get back to the starting point, no matter what sequence you use.  It can
> be interesting to look at the prime factors of the sequence length, and
> see how the same factors turn up regularly - they will all be factors of
> the number of positions in the cube (43,252,003,274,489,856,000).

Some mathematics require a special brain if not DNA to understand. Some 
even requires you to force yourself to memorize certain equations and 
transformations.

It's my bet or guess. I don't have evidence nor proof.

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