Detour: The Icosian Game
Discover the Icosian Game's origins and its connection to graph theory. Learn how this historical puzzle illustrates Hamiltonian cycles, helping you understand key concepts in genome assembly and sequencing algorithms.
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What is the icosian game?
We make an historical detour to Dublin, with the creation in 1857 of the icosian game by the Irish mathematician William Hamilton. This “game”, which was a commercial flop, consisted of a wooden ...