#! /usr/bin/env python3 # def knight_graph ( ): #*****************************************************************************80 # ## knight_graph() plots the graph of knight moves in a puzzle. # # Discussion: # # To use this example, you need to have installed graphviz and pydotplus. # # The following puzzle comes from the computer game "The 11th Hour". # # A 1 # B C 2 3 # D E F 4 5 6 # G H I J 7 8 9 10 # # A fragment of a chess board is given. Black knights are positioned # at G and I, white knights at A and E. The problem is to exchange the # white and black knights using a series of legal chess moves, and # remaining on the fragmentary board. No captures are assumed, and # pieces can't move through each other. # # The puzzle is very difficult to solve until a plot is made of the # adjacency graph that describes how each square of the board is # connected to other squares by knight moves. # # Licensing: # # This code is distributed under the MIT license. # # Modified: # # 03 September 2022 # # Author: # # John Burkardt # # Reference: # # Kenneth Chang, # Fields Medals in Mathematics Won by 4 under Age 40, # New York Times, 5 July 2022. # from graphviz import Graph import platform print ( '' ) print ( 'knight_graph():' ) print ( ' Python version: %s' % ( platform.python_version ( ) ) ) print ( ' Plot a graph associated with a puzzle from "The 11th Hour"' ) print ( ' involving interchanging 2 black and 2 white knights.' ) print ( '' ) dot = Graph ( comment = 'knight_graph', format = 'png' ) # # Specify the nodes, giving each an internal code, and a label. # dot.node ( '1', 'A' ) dot.node ( '2', 'B' ) dot.node ( '3', 'C' ) dot.node ( '4', 'D' ) dot.node ( '5', 'E' ) dot.node ( '6', 'F' ) dot.node ( '7', 'G' ) dot.node ( '8', 'H' ) dot.node ( '9', 'I' ) dot.node ( '10', 'J' ) # # Specify the edges as connections between two nodes. # The connections involve knight moves. # dot.edge ( '1', '5' ) dot.edge ( '2', '6' ) dot.edge ( '2', '7' ) dot.edge ( '2', '9' ) dot.edge ( '3', '8' ) dot.edge ( '3', '10' ) dot.edge ( '4', '10' ) dot.edge ( '5', '7' ) dot.edge ( '6', '8' ) print ( dot.source ) # # Save graph to a file, and optionally display an image to the screen. # dot.render ( 'knight_graph.dot', view = False ) filename = 'knight_graph.dot.png' print ( '' ) print ( ' Graphics saved as "%s"' % ( filename ) ) # # Terminate. # print ( '' ) print ( 'knight_graph():' ) print ( ' Normal end of execution.' ) return def timestamp ( ): #*****************************************************************************80 # ## timestamp() prints the date as a timestamp. # # Licensing: # # This code is distributed under the MIT license. # # Modified: # # 06 April 2013 # # Author: # # John Burkardt # import time t = time.time ( ) print ( time.ctime ( t ) ) return if ( __name__ == '__main__' ): timestamp ( ) knight_graph ( ) timestamp ( )