Turn by Turn : How AI solves Rubik's Cube
Date
24th September , 2026
Time
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Venue
308
Speakers
Mehaan Churi
Prof. Ranjeet Singh
About
Turn by Turn is a hands-on session by the Maths and Applied Sciences Club where students explored how a 2×2 Rubik's Cube models a permutation group with 3.67 million states, then used A* search to solve it optimally. The session featured a live 3D interactive demo comparing four heuristics in real time, showing how better mathematical reasoning directly reduces the algorithm's search effort — making the connection between group theory and AI search concrete and measurable.
Tags
AI Searching Techniques A* search Group Theory Mathematical modeling