SOMA CUBE Thorleif's SOMA Page

SOMA CUBE Thorleif's SOMA page : http://fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/SOMA.HTM

Standard SOMA figures

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Special SOMA collection

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. Pairs of figures of Pairs

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Figures NOT using using pieces. 7 NOT Figures

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Double set figures. Double

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Double set figures. Double

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Double set figures. Double

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Special Double/Tripple etc. set figures. set etc. Double/Tripple Special

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Paulo Brina 'Quad' collection

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Quad set figures. set Quad

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SOMA NEWS

A 4 set SOMA figure is large.

March 25 2010 Just as I thought SOMA was fading, I heard from Paulo Brina of Belo Horizonte, Brasil. The story he told was BIG SOMA

Joining the rest of us, SOMA maniacs, Paulo was tired of the old 7 piece soma, so he began to play Tetra-SOMA, using 4 sets = 28 pieces = 108 cubes.

The tetra set, home made, stainless steel (it's polished, so, it's hard to take photos) Notice the extreme beauty this polished set exhibits. :o) As Paulo wrote "It's funny. More possibilities, more complexity."

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Lets look at the pictures.

001 bloc 2x7x9 = 126, so we have 18 holes/gaps 002 A 5x5x5 cube would make 125, . so we have 17 gaps, 2 are hidden

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003 Another 5x5x5 cube, 1 gap hiden 004 Converging stairs

005 Pyramid 9x9 base 006 Perfect pyramid, my masterpiece, i think

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007 Another pyramid, and a cube 008 Playing with holes

The following ones Paulo call 'tablet's. If we make a 9x9 base, we have 27 cubes to arrange in the 2nd level. But we can hide some gaps, or do not use all the 28 pieces.

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009 Only 98 cubes 010 Only 97 cubes

011 These chess-board like are funny 012 A perfect one, 108 cubes, (and usually hard to arrange) .

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013 There are many many geometrical combinations, 014 To get symetry, there is a hiden gap symetrics are harder .

015 Interlaced squares, one of multiple possibilities 016 Another harmonic one

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017 Making it a bit more interesting 018 Mandalas are hard (where to put the Zs pieces?) .

019 Another mandala 020 Isolated cubes are harder to arrange than in lines.

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As you an see, Paulo's figures are indeed wery pretty. And keep in mind that working with 4 SOMAs is a lot more difficult than a single SOMA. Actually Paulo makes his figures on paper, and then solve them afterwards.

This is one of the solutions Note that the naming system on this drawing is: Paulo Pieces = Z E W T L V D, Thorleif Pieces = Z A P T L V B

VLTZ is like the shapes AB is like left/right hand (L was used, therefore A-B) P is like a pyramid standing on its 3 legs In a puzzle with 4 SOMA sets, we also use the small "z a p t l w b" to avoid confusion.

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SOMA+Plus collection

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New

SOMA+plus figures. SOMA+plus

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SOMA+plus figures. SOMA+plus

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SOMA+plus figures. SOMA+plus

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New

SOMA+plus figures. SOMA+plus

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Bundgård collection

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Irregular figures. Irregular

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Special Multicube figures. Multicube Special

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SOMA+plus figures. SOMA+plus

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Double set figures. Double

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Double set figures. Double

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C.McFarren collection

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Crystals with base base 3*3. with Crystals

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3*3. Crystals with base base with Crystals

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Crystals with base base 3*3. with Crystals

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base 3*3. with Crystals

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