The mixing time of the fifteen puzzle
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چکیده
We show that there are universal positive constants c and C such the mixing time τmix for the fifteen puzzle in an n× n torus satisfies cn logn ≤ τmix ≤ Cn log n.
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Mixing time of the fifteen puzzle
We show that the mixing time for the fifteen puzzle in an n× n torus is on the order of n logn.
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