How to Solve the Torus Puzzle

In this paper, we consider the following sliding puzzle called torus puzzle. In an m by n board, there are mn pieces numbered from 1 to mn. Initially, the pieces are placed in ascending order. Then they are scrambled by rotating the rows and columns without the player’s knowledge. The objective of t...

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Main Authors: Masahiro Nakamura, Ayaka Omi, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Koichi Yamazaki, Yuta Kojima, Toshiya Kurabayashi, Keita Kurihara, Kazuyuki Amano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-01-01
Series:Algorithms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/5/1/18/