Volume 23, Supplement 1, 195-208, DOI: 10.1007/s00373-007-0713-4

Jigsaw Puzzles, Edge Matching, and Polyomino Packing: Connections and Complexity

Erik D. Demaine and Martin L. Demaine

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Abstract

We show that jigsaw puzzles, edge-matching puzzles, and polyomino packing puzzles are all NP-complete. Furthermore, we show direct equivalences between these three types of puzzles: any puzzle of one type can be converted into an equivalent puzzle of any other type.

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