Lecture notes on the Rubik’s cube

These lecture notes on the Rubik’s cube were written in the 1990s, so they are a bit out of date. For a more updated reference, see AGT2 (plus the errata for AGT2).

  1. Introduction (including references)
  2. Sets and logic
  3. Functions on sets
  4. Permutations
  5. Permutation puzzles
  6. Groups, I
  7. Orbits, actions and cosets
  8. Groups,II
  9. Structure of the cube group