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God's algorithm

God's algorithm proper noun: an optimal algorithm that finds the solution with the fewest moves.

Proper noun

God's algorithm

  1. (combination puzzles) An optimal algorithm that finds the solution with the fewest moves.
    • Many people have worked on God's algorithm for the Rubik's Cube. For a while it was guessed that the superflip position is the position which is as far from ‘start’ (the solved position) as possible.2008, David Joyner, Adventures in group theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine & other mathematical toys, →ISBN, page 149

Origin of God's algorithm

From the notion that God could compute the optimal solution of a puzzle and use it. Coined by David Singmaster in 1980 in connection with the Rubik's cube.

Questions about God's algorithm

What does God's algorithm mean?
God's algorithm means an optimal algorithm that finds the solution with the fewest moves.
What part of speech is God's algorithm?
God's algorithm is a proper noun.

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