Acta mathematica scientia,Series B ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 919-941.doi: 10.1007/s10473-023-0223-3

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A RIGOROUS PROOF ON CIRCULAR WIRELENGTH FOR HYPERCUBES*

Qinghui LIU, Zhiyi Tang   

  1. School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2021-11-27 Revised:2022-05-05 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-04-12
  • About author:Qinghui LIU, E-mail: qhliu@bit.edu.cn; Zhiyi Tang, E-mail: zytang@bit.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    The first author was supported by the NSFC (11871098).

Abstract: We study embeddings of the $n$-dimensional hypercube into the circuit with $2^n$ vertices. We prove that the circular wirelength attains a minimum by gray coding; that was called the CT conjecture by Chavez and Trapp (Discrete Applied Mathematics, 1998). This problem had claimed to be settled by Ching-Jung Guu in her doctoral dissertation "The circular wirelength problem for hypercubes" (University of California, Riverside, 1997). Many argue there are gaps in her proof. We eliminate the gaps in her dissertation.

Key words: circular wirelength, hypercube, gray coding

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