% Clingo code to solve @TamasGorbe's "I trominos on chessboard" puzzle % https://twitter.com/TamasGorbe/status/1023134575571202048 % % Author: @jordancurve % % Usage: save as trom.lp, then run: % % clingo -n 0 --project trom.lp % % To pretty-print solutions as in https://pastebin.com/XAg0WHuv, run: % % clingo -n 0 --project trom.lp | | perl -ne '/ulc/ || next; my @board; my %v; while(/\bv[(](\d+),(\d+)[)]/g) { $v{"$1,$2"} = 1 } while(/\bulc[(](\d+),(\d+)[)]/g) { my ($y,$x) = ($1,$2); if ($v{"$y,$x"}) { $board[$y][$x]=$board[$y+1][$x]=$board[$y+2][$x]="V" } else { $board[$y][$x]=$board[$y][$x+1]=$board[$y][$x+2] = "H" }} while(/blank[(](\d+),(\d+)[)]/g) { my ($y,$x) = ($1,$2); $board[$y][$x] = "."} my @rows = map(join("", @$_), @board); shift @rows; print join("\n", @rows), "\n\n"' % % You can also run it in your browser by pasting the contents of this % file in to the textarea at https://potassco.org/clingo/run/, clicking % the 'project' box, setting the reasoning mode to 'enumerate all', and % clicking 'Run!'. row(1..8). col(1..8). board(R, C): row(R), col(C). #const ntrom = 21. % v(Y, X) - the orientation of the tromino with upper left corner at (Y,X) vertical. % ulc(Y, X) - there is a tromino with its upper-left corner at (Y,X). % pick a location for each tromino. ntrom { ulc(Y, X) : row(Y), col(X) } ntrom. % Force there to be a horizontal tromino with its upper-left corner at (1,1). :- not ulc(1,1). :- v(1,1). % Optionally set other tromino's orientation to vertical. 0 { v(Y,X) } 1 :- ulc(Y, X). % Each tromino must fit on the board. :- ulc(Y, X), v(Y, X), not row(Y+2). :- ulc(Y, X), not v(Y, X), not col(X+2). % cover(Y,X,A,B) :- square (Y,X) is covered by the tromino with an upper-left corner at (A,B). cover(Y..Y+2,X,Y,X) :- ulc(Y, X), v(Y, X). cover(Y,X..X+2,Y,X) :- ulc(Y, X), not v(Y, X). % Each square can be covered by at most one tromino. :- cover(Y, X, A,B), cover(Y, X, C, D), A != C. :- cover(Y, X, A,B), cover(Y, X, C, D), B != D. % Without loss of generality, force the blank square % to be in the upper-left quadrant. covered(Y,X) :- cover(Y, X, _, _). blank(Y,X) :- col(Y), col(X), not covered(Y,X). :- blank(Y,_), Y > 4. :- blank(_,X), X > 4. #show ulc/2. #show v/2. #show blank/2.