[HM] Prince Rupert's Problem

Peter Schreiber (schreibe@mail.uni-greifswald.de)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:30:21 METDST

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"Prince Rupert's Problem" is the question whether one can make a hole
in a cube so that another but congruent cube passes through it. The
answer is "yes" (The quadrangled face of the cube is a little smaller
than the maximal (regular) sixsided face.) But I should like to know
who was this Prince Rupert, why is the problem named after him, and
when it happened. Can anybody answer it?

Peter Schreiber

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