<p>Are there specific patterns we can look in a single configuration of a square peg solitaire game which we can use to determine whether we can win the game from there or not?</p>

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2016-03-26T21:20:33.957Z
Have you even Googled "mathematics of peg solitaire"? Try this Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_solitaire#Studies_on_peg_solitaire
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2016-03-26T21:35:15.060Z
Also this gem: http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/15859-s11/notes/peg-solitaire.pdf
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2016-03-26T21:43:11.380Z
I think this is an interesting question. A quick Google search brings up a few pages which look at characteristics of peg solitaire positions, I didn't find anything about how to determine whether a position has a solution or not. Obviously it's possible to exhaustively search all possible moves, but I'd be interested to know if there is a neater way to determine if a solution exists.
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2016-03-26T21:45:52.547Z
@Pieter Thanks, I think that wikipedia link answers my question.
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Determine the solubility of peg-solitaire (solo-noble)
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# Determine the solubility of peg-solitaire (solo-noble)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-26)

Are there specific patterns we can look in a single configuration of a square peg solitaire game which we can use to determine whether we can win the game from there or not?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you even Googled "mathematics of peg solitaire"? Try this Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_solitaire#Studies_on_peg_solitaire  
> **username_1**: Also this gem: http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/15859-s11/notes/peg-solitaire.pdf  
> **username_2**: I think this is an interesting question. A quick Google search brings up a few pages which look at characteristics of peg solitaire positions, I didn't find anything about how to determine whether a position has a solution or not. Obviously it's possible to exhaustively search all possible moves, but I'd be interested to know if there is a neater way to determine if a solution exists.  
> **username_2**: @Pieter Thanks, I think that wikipedia link answers my question.  

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