(classic problem)
Definition: A series of moves of a chess knight that visits all squares on the board exactly once.
See also Hamiltonian cycle.
Note: The associated problem is to find such a series of moves. The problem can be generalized to an n × m rectangular chess board. Solutions may be found using backtracking.
Author: PEB
Dan Thomasson's Knight's Tour page, with application to prime numbers, tour on a cube's face, etc.
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Entry modified 6 June 2005.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "knight's tour", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 6 June 2005. (accessed TODAY)
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