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- From: ginsberg@t.Stanford.EDU (Matthew L. Ginsberg)
- Subject: Re: 8 Puzzle (Is it connected)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.155720.19507@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
- References: <babraham.3.715849833@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 15:57:20 GMT
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- In article <babraham.3.715849833@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za> babraham@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (Bobby Abraham) writes:
- >I recently gave the 8 puzzle to an Intro AI class. I remember reading that
- >the 15 puzzle was not solvable from any position. In other words the graph
- >of this problem was not connected.
- >
- >Can anyone tell me if the same applies to the 8 puzzle? I would be
- >interested in the proof as well.
-
- None of these puzzles is connected. If you consider the blank a tile,
- each legal move swaps two tiles and therefore obviously retains the "parity"
- of the overall position.
-
- Matt Ginsberg
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