Rubik's Cube group by rotations of the centre pieces, the second solely by symmetries of the corners, and the third solely by symmetries of the edges. The latter two factors are examples of wreath products. The simple groups that occur as quotients in the composition series of the standard cube group (i.e. ignoring centre piece rotations) are formula_37, formula_38, formula_30 (7 times), and formula_31 (12 times). Rubik's Cube group The Rubik’s Cube group is a group formula_1 that represents the structure of the Rubik's Cube mechanical puzzle. Each element of the set formula_2 corresponds to a cube move, which is the effect of
Bhargava cube the edges of the corresponding faces. The integer binary quadratic form associated with this pair of faces is defined as The quadratic form is also defined as However, the former definition will be assumed in the sequel. Let the cube be formed by the integers "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h". The pairs of matrices associated with opposite edges are denoted by ("M", "N"), ("M", "N"), and ("M", "N"). The first rows of "M", "M" and "M" are respectively ["a" "b"], ["a" "c"] and ["a" "e"]. The opposite edges in the same face are the second rows. The