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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 11th, 2017, 9:36 pm

Are there any constraints on which logistic and mathematical systems and/or theories can be used in the response?
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 11th, 2017, 10:09 pm

Of course not!

I am already pleased with the insight I'm getting here!
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 17th, 2017, 10:10 pm

One interpretation of the challenge posed by the question is to find an appropriate Lyapunov function.
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 22nd, 2017, 8:43 pm

This tread has transformed my shopping experience; I was looking at jigsaw puzzles on sale today and constructing models for them.

n-nomial models for the fair price of jigsaw puzzles.
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 26th, 2017, 1:57 am

This tread has transformed my shopping experience; I was looking at jigsaw puzzles on sale today and constructing models for them.

n-nomial models for the fair price of jigsaw puzzles.
Is the pricing function positive or negative in the number of non-negligible PCA modes for the shapes or color patterns of the pieces?
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 26th, 2017, 3:35 pm

What do you mean by PCA?
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 26th, 2017, 5:01 pm

PCA == Principal component analysis. If one models the pieces as being linear combinations of orthogonal vectors, the eigenvalues corresponding to the different modes will follow some distribution. A mostly-monotonous image (e.g., blue sky above a field of snow) might have high eigenvalues for a few modes and low values for the rest, hinting that the puzzle has relatively few kinds of pieces which poses a challenge to puzzle solvers. And an extremely detailed image might have a near-uniform set of eigenvalues across a very large number of modes, hinting that the puzzle may have relatively little piece-to-piece structure or clustering of similar pieces which poses a challenge to puzzle solvers.

Do puzzle buyers pay more for "hard puzzles" versus "easy puzzles" of a given piece count? And are there algorithmic indicators for difficulty?
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 26th, 2017, 6:16 pm

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How do you want me to cite you - as 'Traden4Alpha', 'Anonomous" or something else'?
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 27th, 2017, 5:59 pm

But what about this!?

http://boingboing.net/2017/01/27/this-j ... -bord.html
(Check out the video)
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 27th, 2017, 6:06 pm

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How do you want me to cite you - as 'Traden4Alpha', 'Anonomous" or something else'?
"Traden4Alpha" is fine.
 
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Re: How long does it take to solve a jigsaw?

January 27th, 2017, 6:07 pm

But what about this!?

http://boingboing.net/2017/01/27/this-j ... -bord.html
(Check out the video)
Amazing! It's a fractal variant on all those puzzles that can be assembled into any of a number of overall shapes.