TED-ED: Can you solve the seven planets riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer

The video tutorial presents a problem of capturing rebels moving between seven planets. The rebels can only move to adjacent planets, while the cruiser can warp between any two planets. The challenge is to devise a search sequence to catch the rebels within 10 hours. The strategy involves simplifying the problem by focusing on a subset of planets and using the rebels' movement pattern to corner them. The solution is to search planets in a specific order, ensuring that the rebels are caught regardless of their starting position.

What happens if your initial assumption about the rebels' starting planet is incorrect?

Describe the sequence of planets you would search to apprehend the rebels.