2 papers
math.HO2020
Shortest Paths on Cubes
Richard Goldstone, Rachel Roca, Robert Suzzi Valli
In 1903, noted puzzle-maker Henry Dudeney published The Spider and the Fly puzzle, which asks for the shortest path along the surfaces of a square prism between two points (source…
math.GR2016
Unfoldings of the Cube
Richard Goldstone, Robert Suzzi Valli
Just how many different connected shapes result from slicing a cube along some of its edges and unfolding it into the plane? In this article we answer this question by viewing the…