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A Combinatorial Approach to the Solitaire Game
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A Combinatorial Approach to the Solitaire Game

Abstract

The classical game of peg solitaire has uncertain origins, but was certainly popular by the time of Louis XIV, and was described by Leibniz in 1710. One of the classical problems concerning peg solitaire is the feasibility issue. An early tool used to show the infeasibility of various peg games is the rule-of-three [Suremain de Missery 1841]. In the 1960s the description of the solitaire cone [Boardman and Conway] provides necessary conditions: …

Authors

AVIS D; DEZA A; Shmuel ONN

Journal

IEICE transactions on fundamentals of electronics, communications and computer sciences, Vol. 83, No. 4, pp. 656–661

Publisher

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Publication Date

April 25, 2000