Resources about Rubik's Cube [uts-016J]

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- speed solving
    - Roux (a.k.a as bridging)
        - Learning the Roux method
        - Simple Roux Method of Solving Rubik's Cube
        - Introduction - Roux Tutorial
            - uses TwistySim
    - ZZ
        - Example Solves - Beginner ZZ Tutorial
- notation
    - Rubik's cube notation by Sebastiano Tronto
    - 3x3x3 notation
        - which clarifies naming of `E`, `S`, `r` etc.
- papers
    - The Generalized Rubik’s Cube: Combinatorial Insights Through Group Theory
        - it cites Nxnxn rubik’s cubes and god’s number[salkinder2021nxnxn]
        - has its own notation for nxnxn cubies
        - works out many details about general nxnxn cubes and their corresponding group theory
    - Commutators in the Rubik’s Cube Group
        - uses notations like `UR`, `FUR` to denote edges and corners, which I prefered
        - nice diagrams
        - demo with Twizzle
    - Generalising the configurations of an N×N×N Rubik’s Cube
        - aimed to find an expression for the total number of possible configurations of an N×N×N Rubik’s Cube
        - uses notations like `ur`, `fur`, `u_1` for 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 cubes
        - generalize to N×N×N with 3x3x3-style edges and 4x4x4-style corners
- solving with linear algebra
    - asked by this Reddit post
    - Mathematics of the Rubik’s cube by W. D. Joyner in 1996
    - Non-Commutative Gaussian Elimination and Rubik’s Cube
- Test TwistySim
- Test Twizzle