Permutation reconstruction from differences
The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 21 (2014) no. 4
We prove that the problem of reconstructing a permutation $\pi_1,\dotsc,\pi_n$ of the integers $[1\dotso n]$ given the absolute differences $|\pi_{i+1}-\pi_i|$, $i = 1,\dotsc,n-1$ is $\sf{NP}$-complete. As an intermediate step we first prove the $\sf{NP}$-completeness of the decision version of a new puzzle game that we call Crazy Frog Puzzle. The permutation reconstruction from differences is one of the simplest combinatorial problems that have been proved to be computationally intractable.An addendum was added to this paper on the 9th of December 2015.
DOI :
10.37236/4086
Classification :
68Q17, 05A05
Mots-clés : permutation reconstruction, NP-completeness
Mots-clés : permutation reconstruction, NP-completeness
Affiliations des auteurs :
Marzio De Biasi  1
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Marzio De Biasi. Permutation reconstruction from differences. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 21 (2014) no. 4. doi: 10.37236/4086
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