Simulation of quantum dynamics, emerging as the original motivation for quantum computers, is widely viewed as one of the most important applications of a quantum computer. Recent years have witnessed ...

Abstract: The Hamiltonian cycle problem (HCP) is related to the decision of whether there exists a cycle in a graph that visits every vertex exactly once. It is a well-known NP-complete problem, and ...

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This program finds the shortest Hamiltonian cycle in a directed graph using a backtracking algorithm. A Hamiltonian cycle is a cycle that visits every vertex exactly once and returns to the starting ...

This maze of jagged curls looks like something out of the world’s hardest puzzle book. How fast do you think you can solve it? Stuck? Don’t worry. It’s actually more of a connect the dots puzzle. The ...

A group of scientists may have designed the world's most difficult maze. The maze, which is highlighted in a new study featured in Physical Review X, was designed using a series of different geometric ...

A team of physicists has created a maze that they claim is the most difficult, using a pattern from the game of chess to make the structure. To the untrained eye, the maze looks like the most ...

As mathematical abstractions go, graphs are among the simplest. Scatter a bunch of points in a plane. Connect some of them with lines. That’s all a graph is. And yet they are incredibly powerful. They ...