Higher-dimensional cubical sliding puzzles

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Higher-dimensional cubical sliding puzzles
المؤلفون: Beyer, Moritz, Mereta, Stefano, Roldán, Érika, Voran, Peter
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Computer Science
Mathematics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Mathematics - Combinatorics, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics, Mathematics - Group Theory, Mathematics - Geometric Topology, Mathematics - History and Overview, 00A08, 05A05, 05A20, 20-04, 20B40, 05B45, 05B50, 05C12, 05C25, 05D9
الوصف: We introduce higher-dimensional cubical sliding puzzles that are inspired by the classical 15 Puzzle from the 1880s. In our puzzles, on a $d$-dimensional cube, a labeled token can be slid from one vertex to another if it is topologically free to move on lower-dimensional faces. We analyze the solvability of these puzzles by studying how the puzzle graph changes with the number of labeled tokens vs empty vertices. We give characterizations of the different regimes ranging from being completely stuck (and thus all puzzles unsolvable) to having only one giant component where almost all puzzles can be solved. For the Cube, the Tesseract, and the Penteract ($5$-dimensional cube) we have implemented an algorithm to completely analyze their solvability and we provide specific puzzles for which we know the minimum number of moves needed to solve them.
Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures, 6 tables
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.14143
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2307.14143
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv