Talk:FKT algorithm

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Improve the History section. A good reference to use is one that I have already cited in the History and Application sections.

Cai, Jin-Yi; Lu, Pinyan; Xia, Mingji (2010). Holographic Algorithms with Matchgates Capture Precisely Tractable Planar #CSP. Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS), 2010 51st Annual IEEE Symposium on. Las Vegas, NV, USA: IEEE. {{cite conference}}: External link in |conferenceurl= (help); Unknown parameter |conferenceurl= ignored (|conference-url= suggested) (help)

Add to The Algorithm section a gif showing how steps 1 - 6 work. Pictures similar to those from the external link (provided below) would work well.

Presentation by Ashley Montanaro about the FKT algorithm

Add a Proof of Correctness section that...proves why the algorithm is correct. A good starting reference for this is (also) the external link.

Presentation by Ashley Montanaro about the FKT algorithm

Possibly add to the Generalization section content from the following paper.

Little, C. H. C. (1974), "An extension of Kasteleyn's method of enumerating the 1-factors of planar graphs", in Holton, D. (ed.), Proc. 2nd Australian Conf. Combinatorial Mathematics, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 403, Springer-Verlag, pp. 63–72.

Bender2k14 (talk) 12:47, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]