A psuedo 2-cycle for the masterball
Andrew Southern's pictures of a pseudo 2-cycle
All pictures are about 5K.
original position
f1
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
This picture has a mistake in it:
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1
EXERCISE: Exactly one of the facets is colored incorrectly in this picture. Which one?
ANSWER
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4*f4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4*f4*r4
4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4*f4*r4
4
* f3
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4*f4*r4
4
* f3*r3*r4
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4*f4*r4
4
* f3*r3*r4*f1
The move:
f1*r3
-1
*r4
-1
*f3*f4*r1*r4
-1
*f1*r4
4
*f4*r4*f4 *r4
4
*f3*r3*r4*f1
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