http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/ The Math Factor Podcast Site Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:06:39 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/22/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/#comment-1059 The problem seems to be topological… we are making assumptions involving Euclidean geometry when the topological space is the surface of a cube.

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:16:44 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/22/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/#comment-1029 The answer to the puzzle seems plausible if you observe the angle as being on a plane “oblique” to the faces of the cube. If you fold out the net of the cube into two-dimensions, however, it seems to suggest a different angle with the same pair of rays/sides.

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:14:03 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/22/ei-how-to-pass-a-cube-through-itself/#comment-366 Here is a nice video on YouTube of a cube passing through a cube of the same size.

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