Oct. 18, 2026

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Coping with code to constantly count configurations of cubes can cause considerable consternation. Can Computerphile contributor Mike’s concoction continue calculating complete cube configurations or culminate in catastrophe?

Mike's Github link:
https://github.com/mikepound/cubes/

Repository that did this first a few years ago 😊
https://github.com/noelle-crawfish/Enumerating-Polycubes

Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycube

The page that enumerated up to n=16

Polyominoes Enumeration (kevingong.com)
http://kevingong.com/Polyominoes/Enumeration.html

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