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xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem

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Chemistry grad students have been spotted trying to lure campus squirrels into laundry hampers in the hope that it sparks inspiration.

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Chemistry grad students have been spotted trying to lure campus squirrels into laundry hampers in the hope that it sparks inspiration.
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Any two coils that are not directly connected. For example, suppose we number from the head, coil 1, 2, 3, 4. Then pairs that are not directly connected are: (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 4). The endpoints of these pairs of segments cannot be connected by an edge of the cube.

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