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The following problem, Cat and Mice, is Puzzle 88 in Boris Kordemsky's The Moscow Puzzles.
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This is Part 4 of a 4-part blog post on the mathematics of the 4x4 Rubik's Cube, its relation to algorithms, and some curious properties of Rubik's Cubes.
See Part 1 of this blog post here: Part 1: Representations
See Part 2 of this blog post here: Part 2: Permutations
See Part 3 of this blog post here: Part 3: Factoring Permutations
You are currently reading Part 4 of this blog post: Part 4: Sequence Order
This is Part 3 of a 4-part blog post on the mathematics of the 4x4 Rubik's Cube, its relation to algorithms, and some curious properties of Rubik's Cubes.
See Part 1 of this blog post here: Part 1: Representations
See Part 2 of this blog post here: Part 2: Permutations
You are currently reading Part 3 of this blog post: Part 3: Factoring Permutations
See Part 4 of this blog post here: Part 4: Sequence Order
This is Part 2 of a 4-part blog post on the mathematics of the 4x4 Rubik's Cube, its relation to algorithms, and some curious properties of Rubik's Cubes.
See Part 1 of this blog post here: Part 1: Representations
You are currently reading Part 2 of this blog post: Part 2: Permutations
See Part 3 of this blog post here: Part 3: Factoring Permutations
See Part 4 of this blog post here: Part 4: Sequence Order
This is Part 1 of a 4-part blog post on the mathematics of the 4x4 Rubik's Cube, its relation to algorithms, and some curious properties of Rubik's Cubes.
You are currently reading Part 1 of this blog post: Part 1: Representations
See Part 2 of this blog post here: Part 2: Permutations
See Part 3 of this blog post here: Part 3: Factoring Permutations
See Part 4 of this blog post here: Part 4: Sequence Order
I first came across the lattice paths problem in Project Euler problem 15. The question described a 2x2 square lattice, and illustrated the 6 ways of navigating from the top left corner to the bottom right corner by taking the minimum number of steps - 2 right …