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Counting Islands in Nurikabe

2022; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 95; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/0025570x.2022.2127306

1930-0980

Jacob A. Boswell, Jacob N. Clark, Chip Curtis,

Mathematics and Applications

SummaryWe present an introduction to the Japanese pencil puzzle Nurikabe and to its basic solution strategies. Further, we establish formulas for the minimum and maximum number of islands in a Nurikabe puzzle made up of one-tile islands.