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  • 标题:Finding a Hamiltonian Path in a Cube with Specified Turns is Hard
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  • 作者:Zachary Abel ; Erik D. Demaine ; Martin L. Demaine
  • 期刊名称:Information and Media Technologies
  • 电子版ISSN:1881-0896
  • 出版年度:2013
  • 卷号:8
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:685-694
  • DOI:10.11185/imt.8.685
  • 出版社:Information and Media Technologies Editorial Board
  • 摘要:We prove the NP-completeness of finding a Hamiltonian path in an N × N × N cube graph with turns exactly at specified lengths along the path. This result establishes NP-completeness of Snake Cube puzzles: folding a chain of N 3 unit cubes, joined at face centers (usually by a cord passing through all the cubes), into an N × N × N cube. Along the way, we prove a universality result that zig-zag chains (which must turn every unit) can fold into any polycube after 4 × 4 × 4 refinement, or into any Hamiltonian polycube after 2 × 2 × 2 refinement.
  • 关键词:Hamiltonian path;NP-completeness;puzzle;Snake Cube puzzle
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