English

New explicit solution to the N-Queens Problem and its relation to the Millennium Problem

Combinatorics 2018-05-21 v1

Abstract

Using modular arithmetic of the ring Zn+1\mathbb{Z}_{n+1} we obtain a new short solution to the problem of existence of at least one solution to the NN-Queens problem on an N×NN \times N chessboard. It was proved, that these solutions can be represented as the Queen function with the width fewer or equal to 3. It is shown, that this estimate could not be reduced. A necessary and sufficient condition of being a composition of solutions a solution is found. Based on the obtained results we formulate a conjecture about the width of the representation of arbitrary solution. If this conjecture is valid, it entails solvability of the NN-Queens completion in polynomial time. The connection between the NN-Queens completion and the Millennium PP vs NPNP Problem is found by the group of mathematicians from Scotland in August 2017.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1805.07329,
  title  = {New explicit solution to the N-Queens Problem and its relation to the Millennium Problem},
  author = {Dmitrii Mikhailovskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.07329},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

8 pages, 7 figures

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