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View SchemaWataridori is NP-Complete
| Authors | Suthee Ruangwises |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.09345vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09345 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
Wataridori is a pencil puzzle involving drawing paths to connect all circles in a rectangular grid into pairs, in order to satisfy several constraints. In this paper, we prove that deciding solvability of a given Wataridori puzzle is NP-complete via reduction from Numberlink, another pencil puzzle that has already been proved to be NP-complete.
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