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Set G Puzzle 35

 
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daj95376



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:53 am    Post subject: Set G Puzzle 35 Reply with quote

Code:
 +-----------------------+
 | . . . | 8 . . | 7 . 9 |
 | . 9 . | . 5 . | . 2 6 |
 | . . 1 | . . . | . . . |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | 6 . . | . . . | 3 . . |
 | . 5 . | . 3 . | . 8 . |
 | . . . | . . 8 | 9 . 5 |
 |-------+-------+-------|
 | 3 . . | 9 . 5 | 4 . . |
 | . 6 . | . 8 . | . . 7 |
 | 4 7 . | . . 3 | . 9 8 |
 +-----------------------+

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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yet another "still going" type of puzzle! Never had to resort to more involved techniques but repeatedly had to review the entire puzzle to locate a deletion. My kind of puzzle.

My solution:
Quote:
multi-coloring <4>, xy-wing<245>, coloring <4>, xy-wing<278> plus a transport, kite <7> and finally a BUG+1
Ted
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daj95376



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tlanglet wrote:
Yet another "still going" type of puzzle! Never had to resort to more involved techniques but repeatedly had to review the entire puzzle to locate a deletion. My kind of puzzle.

This is how I'd hoped most people would find solutions to my puzzles. However, since I'm unable to check for every possible alternate solution, many find URs and Wings that I didn't know was present. This is okay though because I then use their solutions as a learning aid for myself.

I'm relieved at all of the positive responses.
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've used a plethora of x-wings, xy-wings and a UR. I'm almost there with just one triple left <127> in R5C6. I always thought that when there was one triple left, there was always a Bug+1 - that is the xyz had to see the xy and yz. This triple doesn't. (and I'm stuck)
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hail Craig and all other sudoku addicts!

I'm back from a very long (luckily, we avoided Bangkok and went to S'pore instead Smile ) and very unexpected (it was like here tonight gone for three weeks tomorrow) trip, and what do I find: a comrade in distress ...

Could it be that this is your position?

Code:

+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| 5       3       6        | 8       12      12       | 7       4       9        |
| 8       9       47       | 3       5       47       | 1       2       6        |
| 27      24      1        | 47      9       6        | 8       5       3        |
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| 6       1       8        | 5       24      9        | 3       7       24       |
| 9       5       47       | 12      3       127      | 6       8       24       |
| 27      24      3        | 67      46      8        | 9       1       5        |
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| 3       8       2        | 9       7       5        | 4       6       1        |
| 1       6       9        | 24      8       24       | 5       3       7        |
| 4       7       5        | 16      16      3        | 2       9       8        |
+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+


At least that's what I came up with after don't know how many coloring and wing steps.

The BUG+1 says that 2 in r5c6 is the odd one out so r5c6=2.

(there is a w-wing that will remove 2 from r4c5 and solve the puzzle, too, I think, but I like the clean BUG+1 solution a lot.
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nataraj: Glad to see you back home. Austria's a nice place. ("Put another shrimp on the Barbie Mate").
However - my point was that I thought for all Bug+1s the triple 127 had to see both 12 and a 27 or a 17 and a 21 or a 17 and a 27. This one doesn't so how do you know what the odd one out is.

Cheers
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cgordon wrote:
Nataraj: Glad to see you back home. Austria's a nice place. ("Put another shrimp on the Barbie Mate").
However - my point was that I thought for all Bug+1s the triple 127 had to see both 12 and a 27 or a 17 and a 21 or a 17 and a 27. This one doesn't so how do you know what the odd one out is.

Cheers

I'm not from Austria, but...

The 2 is present three times in the box, column and row. If you removed it you'd have the DP of all bivalue cells, so the 2 has to be the one to kill the DP.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gotcha! It's nothing to do with xyz - just x seeing two other x's. As you can see I am a man of rote not logic.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just for laughs, it also solves with a W-Wing on the 12 cells in r1c6 and r5c4.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cgordon wrote:
Nataraj: Glad to see you back home. Austria's a nice place. ("Put another shrimp on the Barbie Mate").

Craig: I have a feeling that you have Austria and Australia confused.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
Just for laughs, it also solves with a W-Wing on the 12 cells in r1c6 and r5c4.

You folks are deadly with W-Wings, M-Wings, URs, and DPs. I post a puzzle that I think will make you work a bit, and you slip in one of these techniques and blow a hole in the difficulty level of my puzzle. Very Happy
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

daj95376 wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
Just for laughs, it also solves with a W-Wing on the 12 cells in r1c6 and r5c4.

You folks are deadly with W-Wings, M-Wings, URs, and DPs. I post a puzzle that I think will make you work a bit, and you slip in one of these techniques and blow a hole in the difficulty level of my puzzle. Very Happy


wasn't Marty making a reference to the grid that Nataraj posted and not the grid after basics??
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

storm_norm wrote:
daj95376 wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
Just for laughs, it also solves with a W-Wing on the 12 cells in r1c6 and r5c4.

You folks are deadly with W-Wings, M-Wings, URs, and DPs. I post a puzzle that I think will make you work a bit, and you slip in one of these techniques and blow a hole in the difficulty level of my puzzle. Very Happy


wasn't Marty making a reference to the grid that Nataraj posted and not the grid after basics??

Yes, I was. I should have written that the W-Wing was just an alternative to the BUG+1.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And I should have made it clearer that I was making a general statement. Embarassed
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Craig: I have a feeling that you have Austria and Australia confused.

Sorry: It was a flippant reference to a line from a brilliant movie with Jim Carey when he is trying to pick up a lady at a bus stop.

Jim Carey: That's a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?
Lady at bus stop: Austria.
Jim Carey: Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TAkbtaqN0o
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keith



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The ending is a BUG+1:
Code:
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 5   3   6   | 8   12@ 12@ | 7   4   9   |
| 8   9   47C | 3   5   47B | 1   2   6   |
| 27 2-4  1   | 47  9   6   | 8   5   3   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 6   1   8   | 5   24a 9   | 3   7   24  |
| 9   5   47  | 12# 3   127 | 6   8   24  |
| 27  24c 3   | 67  46b 8   | 9   1   5   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 3   8   2   | 9   7   5   | 4   6   1   |
| 1   6   9   | 24# 8   24A | 5   3   7   |
| 4   7   5   | 16  16  3   | 2   9   8   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
But, A and a are a W-wing due to either of the links @ or #. Transporting (coloring) both the pincers abc, ABC, takes out <4> in R3C2.

(If you do not use a BUG+1, the solution is often not just a simple XY-wing or the like. Except, I have a contention that Medusa coloring will always solve a BUG+1.)

Keith
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