HIROIMONO is NP-complete

Daniel Andersson

January 2007

Abstract:

In a Hiroimono puzzle, one must collect a set of stones from a square grid, moving along grid lines, picking up stones as one encounters them, and changing direction only when one picks up a stone. We show that deciding the solvability of such puzzles is NP-complete

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