Abstract
In the context of computational complexity of puzzles, the sliding block puzzles play an important role. Depending on the rules and set of pieces, the sliding block puzzles can be polynomial-time solvable, NP-complete, or PSPACE-complete. On the other hand, a relatively new notion of jumping block puzzles has been proposed in the puzzle community. This is a counterpart to the token jumping model of the combinatorial reconfiguration problems in the context of block puzzles. We investigate some variants of jumping block puzzles, which are based on actual puzzles, and a natural model from the viewpoint of combinatorial reconfiguration, and determine their computational complexities. More precisely, we investigate two generalizations of two actual puzzles which are called Flip Over puzzles and Flying Block puzzles and one natural model of jumping block puzzles from the viewpoint of combinatorial reconfiguration. We prove that they are PSPACE-complete in general. We also prove the NP-completeness of these puzzles in some restricted cases, and we give polynomial-time algorithms for some restricted cases.
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