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Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, 2020, Volume 498, Pages 26–37
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The Hats game. The power of constructors
K. P. Kokhasa, A. S. Latyshevb a Saint Petersburg State University
b St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
Abstract:
We analyze the following general variant of the deterministic Hats game. Several sages wearing colored hats occupy the vertices of a graph. Each sage can have a hat of one of $k$ colors. Each sage tries to guess the color of his own hat merely on the basis of observing the hats of his neighbors without exchanging any information. A predetermined guessing strategy is winning if it guarantees at least one correct individual guess for every assignment of colors.
We present an example of a planar graph for which the sages win for $k=14$. We also give an easy proof of the theorem about the Hats game on “windmill” graphs.
Key words and phrases:
hat guessing number, hat chromatic number, hat guessing game.
Received: 07.12.2020
Citation:
K. P. Kokhas, A. S. Latyshev, “The Hats game. The power of constructors”, Representation theory, dynamical systems, combinatorial methods. Part XXXI, Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 498, POMI, St. Petersburg, 2020, 26–37
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