Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | Yoni's Math Forum | Possible to draw a cube without lifting pencil?

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Eibro
I'm wondering if it's possible to draw a cube without lifting your pencil. Similar to the old envelope one which i'm sure everyone has tried at one point, except this has a practical use. I'm trying to create a line list ( list of vertices with each successive vertex creating a line ) to represent a cube ( or whatever a 3D rectangle is called )

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//
// 6 7
// ------------------------------
// /| /|
// / | / |
// / | / |
// / | / |
// / | / |
// / | / |
// / | / |
// / | / |
// / | / |
// 2 / | 3 / |
// /----------------------------/ |
// | | | |
// | | | | +Y
// | 4 | | |
// | |-----------------|----------| |
// | / | / 5 |
// | / | / | +Z
// | / | / |
// | / | / | /
// | / | / | /
// | / | / | /
// | / | / | /
// | / | / | /
// | / | / |/
// |/ |/ ----------------- +X
// ------------------------------
// 0 1
//
[/font]Not sure how the above ASCII art will turn out, but, i'm sure you'll get the idea. This seemed like the most appropriate forum to post this in... if not, i'm sorry :)
edit: The closest i've gotten is missing 2 lines, so any better than that would be good.
February 27, 2004, 9:55 PM
Adron
Hmm, I don't think so... At every corner, three lines meet. Thinking about it, if there are an odd number of roads going to somewhere, you'll have to either start or stop there. But since there are more than 2 corners, you can't do it without drawing some line twice?
February 27, 2004, 10:20 PM
Eibro
*shrug* When I said two, I meant three. Is three missing lines the closest possible?
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February 27, 2004, 10:41 PM
Netcooler
Hope this helps / brings light:
http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/bridges1.html
http://www.contracosta.cc.ca.us/math/konig.htm
http://members.aol.com/tylern7/math/euler-8.html

Euler almighty came to this solution (called "The Network Formula"):
V+R-L=1
Where:
V = Vertices (intersections) in the network
L = Lines in the network
R = Regions (enclosed areas) in the network

If it doesn't help, at least you got a little curios. Enjoy =)
February 28, 2004, 2:45 AM

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