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#1 2013-04-26 17:13:03
Slider Puzzle
How do I devise an algorithm to solve a sliding puzzle?
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#2 2013-04-26 17:21:58
- bobbym
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Re: Slider Puzzle
Hi;
Do you mean the 15 puzzle?
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#3 2013-04-26 18:04:55
Re: Slider Puzzle
The 15 puzzle is unsolvable.
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#4 2013-04-26 18:08:50
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Re: Slider Puzzle
Some positions are not possible but others are.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#5 2013-04-26 18:25:44
Re: Slider Puzzle
Ok, so how to do it?
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'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#6 2013-04-26 18:27:25
- bobbym
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Re: Slider Puzzle
There is some math that tells you whether it is solveable or not but I have forgotten it.
Programming it, looks tough.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#7 2013-04-26 18:50:13
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Re: Slider Puzzle
Mathematica?
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#8 2013-04-26 19:16:08
Re: Slider Puzzle
But programming it is what I am thinking.
After all, programs are threre which solve them
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#9 2013-04-26 21:10:17
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Re: Slider Puzzle
I will try one and see what comes up.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#10 2013-04-26 23:48:51
Re: Slider Puzzle
Did you?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#11 2013-04-26 23:51:40
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Re: Slider Puzzle
I have not even scratched the surface because I am still wrestling with a representation of the puzzle itself. It is unlikely that I will get far even when I solve that small problem because I do not understand how the program should pick from its many choices.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#12 2013-04-26 23:57:23
Re: Slider Puzzle
Are you on Win 7?
The algorithm isn't simple, it involves a lot of graph theory...
Last edited by Agnishom (2013-04-26 23:58:55)
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#13 2013-04-27 00:11:42
- bobbym
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Re: Slider Puzzle
Heck no!
That is the problem right there. I am not very good with graph theory. As a matter of fact, I stink.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#14 2013-04-27 00:22:16
Re: Slider Puzzle
http://www.brian-borowski.com/Software/Puzzle/
Are they calling each state a node?
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'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#15 2013-04-27 00:34:56
- bobbym
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Re: Slider Puzzle
Probably, that would make sense.
Here is the math behind every solution.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/15Puzzle.html
Also, there are tons of these programs to download. I need some sleep, see you.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#16 2013-04-27 00:43:30
Re: Slider Puzzle
Okay Sweet Dreams!
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#17 2013-04-27 00:47:24
- bobbym
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Re: Slider Puzzle
Thanks and same to you.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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