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Solid with six equal square faces
A cube is a three-dimensional solid object in geometry. It has eight vertices and twelve straight edges of the same length, so that these edges form six square faces of the same size. It is an example of a polyhedron. It is a special case of a cuboid, a parallelepiped, and a rhombohedron in which all six quadrilateral faces are squares. It is a three-dimensional hypercube, a family of polytopes that also includes the two-dimensional square and four-dimensional tesseract. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CubeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: AAV vectors: The Rubik’s cube of human gene therapyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Sol LeWittThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendationsCited 3,144 times
- Go sideways: Truncated octahedronA closely related topic
- Go sideways: PolyhedronA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
Noun Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
Noun The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
Noun A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations
On the distribution of points in a cube and the approximate evaluation of integrals
Synthesis from DNA of a molecule with the connectivity of a cube
Data Cube: A Relational Aggregation Operator Generalizing Group-By, Cross-Tab, and Sub-Totals
The cosmic cube
3-D seismic discontinuity for faults and stratigraphic features: The coherence cube
Performance analysis of k-ary n-cube interconnection networks
The cube-connected cycles: a versatile network for parallel computation
🆕 Influential since 2022
AAV vectors: The Rubik’s cube of human gene therapy
Spherical Ni 3 S 2 /Fe‐NiP x Magic Cube with Ultrahigh Water/Seawater Oxidation Efficiency
Constructing Direct Z‐Scheme Heterostructure by Enwrapping ZnIn2S4 on CdS Hollow Cube for Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Generation
Convex Cube‐Shaped Pt34Fe5Ni20Cu31Mo9Ru High Entropy Alloy Catalysts toward High‐Performance Multifunctional Electrocatalysis
An effective multiple-image encryption algorithm based on 3D cube and hyperchaotic map
📚 Books worth reading
Sol LeWittShariann Lewitt · 1972- 📕The cube made interestingAniela Ehrenfeucht · 1964
Magic squares and cubesWilliam Symes Andrews · 1908
You Can Do the CubePatrick Bossert · 1915- 📕Tratado del cuerpo cúbicoJuan de Herrera · 1935
- 📕Trellises and trellis-based decoding algorithms for linear block codesShu Lin · 1998
Notes on Rubik's Magic CubeDavid Singmaster · 1980- 📕Cubical Homotopy TheoryBrian A. Munson, Ismar Volić · 2015
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🔗 Related topics
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