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Uniqueness of spanning tree on a grid.
Unicorn Meta Zoo #1: Why another podcast?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar ManaraGraph - Minimum spanning treeCheapest spanning treeexistence of a spanning treeSpanning tree with unique paths.Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree PropertyDirected spanning treeMinimum spanning tree for a weighted square gridGraph Theory(Spanning Tree)Spanning Tree Vs Minimum Spanning Treemaximum spanning tree
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When I was at the Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference earlier this month, someone introduced me to a puzzle game called Noodles!.
The game starts with a collection of "pipes" on a grid (centered on each vertex), clicking on a piece rotates it $90^circ$, and a piece can be rotated any number of times. The goal is to turn the final configuration of pipes into a spanning tree (of the grid graph), as shown in the screenshots below.
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We left the conference with an unsolved question:
Are solutions to this puzzle always unique? Or is it possible to come up with a starting configuration (on any size grid) that has multiple trees as solutions?
(The prevailing guess is that solutions are unique, but nobody could manage to prove it.)
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When I was at the Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference earlier this month, someone introduced me to a puzzle game called Noodles!.
The game starts with a collection of "pipes" on a grid (centered on each vertex), clicking on a piece rotates it $90^circ$, and a piece can be rotated any number of times. The goal is to turn the final configuration of pipes into a spanning tree (of the grid graph), as shown in the screenshots below.
Example
Question
We left the conference with an unsolved question:
Are solutions to this puzzle always unique? Or is it possible to come up with a starting configuration (on any size grid) that has multiple trees as solutions?
(The prevailing guess is that solutions are unique, but nobody could manage to prove it.)
combinatorics graph-theory puzzle trees
asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
1,55772053
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This question has an open bounty worth +100
reputation from Peter Kagey ending ending at 2019-04-28 21:42:17Z">in 4 days.
One or more of the answers is exemplary and worthy of an additional bounty.
Edderiofer’s answer was unexpectedly simple and nice!
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This genre of logic puzzle is known originally as Netwalk.
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– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 21:27
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@MikeEarnest, thanks for the reference. Based on this picture from this Reddit thread, it looks like (some versions of) Netwalk are on a torus instead of a grid—although that presents an interesting generalization of this question.
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– Peter Kagey
Apr 17 at 21:36
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When I was at the Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference earlier this month, someone introduced me to a puzzle game called Noodles!.
The game starts with a collection of "pipes" on a grid (centered on each vertex), clicking on a piece rotates it $90^circ$, and a piece can be rotated any number of times. The goal is to turn the final configuration of pipes into a spanning tree (of the grid graph), as shown in the screenshots below.
Example
Question
We left the conference with an unsolved question:
Are solutions to this puzzle always unique? Or is it possible to come up with a starting configuration (on any size grid) that has multiple trees as solutions?
(The prevailing guess is that solutions are unique, but nobody could manage to prove it.)
combinatorics graph-theory puzzle trees
asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
1,55772053
$endgroup$
When I was at the Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference earlier this month, someone introduced me to a puzzle game called Noodles!.
The game starts with a collection of "pipes" on a grid (centered on each vertex), clicking on a piece rotates it $90^circ$, and a piece can be rotated any number of times. The goal is to turn the final configuration of pipes into a spanning tree (of the grid graph), as shown in the screenshots below.
Example
Question
We left the conference with an unsolved question:
Are solutions to this puzzle always unique? Or is it possible to come up with a starting configuration (on any size grid) that has multiple trees as solutions?
(The prevailing guess is that solutions are unique, but nobody could manage to prove it.)
combinatorics graph-theory puzzle trees
combinatorics graph-theory puzzle trees
asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
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asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
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asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
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asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
1,55772053
asked Apr 17 at 21:07
Peter KageyPeter Kagey
1,55772053
1,55772053
This question has an open bounty worth +100
reputation from Peter Kagey ending ending at 2019-04-28 21:42:17Z">in 4 days.
One or more of the answers is exemplary and worthy of an additional bounty.
Edderiofer’s answer was unexpectedly simple and nice!
This question has an open bounty worth +100
reputation from Peter Kagey ending ending at 2019-04-28 21:42:17Z">in 4 days.
One or more of the answers is exemplary and worthy of an additional bounty.
Edderiofer’s answer was unexpectedly simple and nice!
1
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This genre of logic puzzle is known originally as Netwalk.
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 21:27
$begingroup$
@MikeEarnest, thanks for the reference. Based on this picture from this Reddit thread, it looks like (some versions of) Netwalk are on a torus instead of a grid—although that presents an interesting generalization of this question.
$endgroup$
– Peter Kagey
Apr 17 at 21:36
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
This genre of logic puzzle is known originally as Netwalk.
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 21:27
$begingroup$
@MikeEarnest, thanks for the reference. Based on this picture from this Reddit thread, it looks like (some versions of) Netwalk are on a torus instead of a grid—although that presents an interesting generalization of this question.
$endgroup$
– Peter Kagey
Apr 17 at 21:36
1
1
$begingroup$
This genre of logic puzzle is known originally as Netwalk.
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 21:27
$begingroup$
This genre of logic puzzle is known originally as Netwalk.
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 21:27
$begingroup$
@MikeEarnest, thanks for the reference. Based on this picture from this Reddit thread, it looks like (some versions of) Netwalk are on a torus instead of a grid—although that presents an interesting generalization of this question.
$endgroup$
– Peter Kagey
Apr 17 at 21:36
$begingroup$
@MikeEarnest, thanks for the reference. Based on this picture from this Reddit thread, it looks like (some versions of) Netwalk are on a torus instead of a grid—although that presents an interesting generalization of this question.
$endgroup$
– Peter Kagey
Apr 17 at 21:36
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No, solutions are not unique. The four "T" shaped pieces in the grid below can be rotated into either of two configurations:
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┗┓╻╻┃
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answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
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Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
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– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
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It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
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– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
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Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
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– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
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Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
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Apr 17 at 23:30
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No, solutions are not unique. The four "T" shaped pieces in the grid below can be rotated into either of two configurations:
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┫┣┛┃
┏┫┣╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┻┻┛┃
┏┳┳╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
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Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
$begingroup$
It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
$endgroup$
– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
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Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
5
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Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
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– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 23:30
add a comment |
$begingroup$
No, solutions are not unique. The four "T" shaped pieces in the grid below can be rotated into either of two configurations:
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┫┣┛┃
┏┫┣╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┻┻┛┃
┏┳┳╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
$begingroup$
It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
$endgroup$
– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
$begingroup$
Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
5
$begingroup$
Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 23:30
add a comment |
$begingroup$
No, solutions are not unique. The four "T" shaped pieces in the grid below can be rotated into either of two configurations:
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┫┣┛┃
┏┫┣╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┻┻┛┃
┏┳┳╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
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No, solutions are not unique. The four "T" shaped pieces in the grid below can be rotated into either of two configurations:
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┫┣┛┃
┏┫┣╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
┏━━━┓
┗┓╻╻┃
╺┻┻┛┃
┏┳┳╸┃
╹╹┗━┛
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
answered Apr 17 at 22:53
edderioferedderiofer
1961
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Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
$begingroup$
It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
$endgroup$
– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
$begingroup$
Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
5
$begingroup$
Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 23:30
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
$begingroup$
It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
$endgroup$
– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
$begingroup$
Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
5
$begingroup$
Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 23:30
$begingroup$
Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
$begingroup$
Based on the picture in the question, all three ends of the T shapes have to connect to an adjacent piece; you can't have one end of the T run directly into the flat side of a | piece.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:01
$begingroup$
It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
$endgroup$
– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
$begingroup$
It doesn't "run directly into the flat side of a | piece". There's actually a dead end "╸" piece in between, so this satisfies all the rules.
$endgroup$
– edderiofer
Apr 17 at 23:05
$begingroup$
Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
$begingroup$
Oh, I see. I couldn't quite read it in your answer, but it showed up when I highlighted it and now everything makes sense.
$endgroup$
– Misha Lavrov
Apr 17 at 23:28
5
5
$begingroup$
Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 23:30
$begingroup$
Here is an interactive illustration of the solution: chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/…
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 23:30
add a comment |
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This genre of logic puzzle is known originally as Netwalk.
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– Mike Earnest
Apr 17 at 21:27
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@MikeEarnest, thanks for the reference. Based on this picture from this Reddit thread, it looks like (some versions of) Netwalk are on a torus instead of a grid—although that presents an interesting generalization of this question.
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– Peter Kagey
Apr 17 at 21:36