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Pieces shouldn't kill each other! Calculations and generalizations for the non attacking pieces problem in combinatorial game theory (aka Node-Kayles). Uses a novel, node-contraction algorithm to achieve an improvement over previous calculations in the literature.

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Node-Kayles Sprague-Grundy Value Calculator

Rust tests

Some calculations for the non attacking queens problem using a graph-theoretic node-contraction algorithm (aka Node-Kayles).

To run and build (with release):

bash release.sh
./target/release/node-kayles [args]

Results

The new terms for the following OEIS sequences are shown below, along with steps to reproduce. All bolded and italicized sequence terms are new/novel results that were previously unknown.

Non-Attacking Queens Sequence (OEIS A344227)

bash release.sh
bash scripts/queens.sh

Sequence (where the first term is a 0x0 chessboard): 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1

A naive Haskell implementation can be found at haskell-impls/queens.hs).

Generalized Petersen Sequence (OEIS A316533)

Note: this script will skip every other term since it has been proven that for all even values, the Sprague-Grundy value is 0.

bash release.sh
bash scripts/petersen_n_2.sh

Sequence (where the first term is P(5,2)): 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3xN Lattice Sequence (OEIS A316632)

bash release.sh
bash scripts/lattice_3_n.sh

Sequence (where the first term is the 3x1 lattice): 2, 1, 1, 0, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 2, 4, 1, 3

A naive Haskell implementation can be found at haskell-impls/lattice.hs).

License

This project is licensed under GPL-3.0-only. Pull requests, feedback, and contributions are always welcome.

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