Prince Rupert's cube
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Prince Rupert's cube
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In geometry, Prince Rupert's cube is the largest cube that can pass through a hole cut through a unit cube without splitting it into separate pieces. Its side length is approximately 1.06, 6% larger than the side length 1 of the unit cube through which it passes. The problem of finding the largest square that lies entirely within a unit cube is closely related, and has the same solution. Prince Rupert's cube is named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who asked whether a cube could be passed thr
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Cube that fits through hole in smaller cube
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_cube
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2024-03-24T03:02:37Z
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