Physicists Have Created The World's Most Fiendishly Difficult Maze (using Ammann-Beenker aperiodic tiling and Hamiltonian cycles, possibly mimicking quasicrystal structures) (www.sciencealert.com)
from ragica@lemmy.ml to science@mander.xyz on 02 Jul 2024 13:18
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mathemachristian@lemm.ee on 02 Jul 2024 13:40 next collapse

the group has generated routes called Hamiltonian cycles

i only know this term which is simply a cycle going through all nodes, so Im going to assume there is a much easier way to explain what they achieved but the journalists are trying to be obtuse in order to sound smart.

[deleted] on 02 Jul 2024 13:52 next collapse

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ragica@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 2024 14:06 collapse

Ha ha, maybe. The article is pretty short. However, the actual paper linked at the bottom of the article is titled “Hamiltonian cycles on Ammann-Beenker Tilings” (unfortunately I can only see the abstract), so the original authors are also responsible!

It’s my thinking that the key point of thr Hamiltonian cycle in this context is it visits nodes only once thereby creating a unique path. The trick here seems to be then joining those paths for a collection of subgraphs? I’m really not sure. It’s a bit beyond me, but I find it interesting to think about.

mathemachristian@lemm.ee on 02 Jul 2024 21:25 collapse

Its fine for a scientific paper, expected even, but this is meant to be an article for the non-experts.

The trick here seems to be then joining those paths for a collection of subgraphs?

ooh I do love me some graph theory so I am going to look more into this thanks!

Kowowow@lemmy.ca on 02 Jul 2024 19:18 next collapse

Looks like new 3d print infill to me

Scubus@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jul 2024 20:53 collapse

Ez