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daj95376



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:57 pm    Post subject: Puzzle 11/07/19: ~ XY Reply with quote

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

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My first pass was three steps.........

Quote:
w-wing (16)r3c9+r4c6 GSL(1)r234c8; r3c6<>6
w-wing (14)r2c5+r8c2 sl (3)r9c25; r8c5<>1
BUG+1 ; r8c4=7

Ted
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does this chain count as Remote Pairs based on Keith's post here?

http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2030

I used this chain as Remote Pairs, but don't know if it's valid or a lucky mistake: 16-67-16-16. If not valid, then I go back to the drawing boards.

Remote Pairs (16); r3c6<>16
XYZ-Wing (147); r8c4<>1
BUG+2
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
Does this chain count as Remote Pairs.....?
Code:
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 | 4      8      1      | 9      3567   3567   | 67     37     2      |
 | 9      6      7      | 2      134    13     | 38     1348   5      |
 | 5      2      3      | 147    8      167    | 9      147   #16     |
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 | 8      9      5      | 3      2     #16     |*67    *17     4      |
 | 167    17     2      | 5      9      4      | 38     38    #16     |
 | 16     3      4      | 178    167    1678   | 2      5      9      |
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 | 127    157    6      | 17     1357   12357  | 4      9      8      |
 | 127    147    9      | 1478   147    1278   | 5      6      3      |
 | 3      45     8      | 6      45     9      | 1      2      7      |
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*

Cool, Marty, why not? The (16) in r4c78 can be looked at as the missing link, a psuedo-cell.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Luke451 wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
Does this chain count as Remote Pairs.....?
Code:
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 | 4      8      1      | 9      3567   3567   | 67     37     2      |
 | 9      6      7      | 2      134    13     | 38     1348   5      |
 | 5      2      3      | 147    8      167    | 9      147   #16     |
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 | 8      9      5      | 3      2     #16     |*67    *17     4      |
 | 167    17     2      | 5      9      4      | 38     38    #16     |
 | 16     3      4      | 178    167    1678   | 2      5      9      |
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 | 127    157    6      | 17     1357   12357  | 4      9      8      |
 | 127    147    9      | 1478   147    1278   | 5      6      3      |
 | 3      45     8      | 6      45     9      | 1      2      7      |
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*

Cool, Marty, why not? The (16) in r4c78 can be looked at as the missing link, a psuedo-cell.

I believe Marty R is referring to ...

Code:
(1=6)r3c9 - (6)r5c9 = (6)r4c7 - (6=1)r4c6 ==> r3c6<>1
  (6)r3c9 = (6)r5c9 - (6)r4c7 =   (6)r4c6 ==> r3c6<>6

... a co-located w-wing and x-chain (a kite in this case).
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please forgive my denseness, but forgetting about pseudo cells, W-Wings and chains, can 16-67-16-16 be played as Remote Pairs the same as if it were 16-16-16-16?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
... can 16-67-16-16 be played as Remote Pairs ...?

Only if the chain of cells holding those bivalues meet a requrement you haven't stated.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
... can 16-67-16-16 be played as Remote Pairs ...?

Only if the chain of cells holding those bivalues meet a requrement you haven't stated.

Sorry, I'm not understanding. Embarassed
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
Luke451 wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
Does this chain count as Remote Pairs.....?
Code:
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 | 4      8      1      | 9      3567   3567   | 67     37     2      |
 | 9      6      7      | 2      134    13     | 38     1348   5      |
 | 5      2      3      | 147    8      167    | 9      147   #16     |
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 | 8      9      5      | 3      2     #16     |*67    *17     4      |
 | 167    17     2      | 5      9      4      | 38     38    #16     |
 | 16     3      4      | 178    167    1678   | 2      5      9      |
 |----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
 | 127    157    6      | 17     1357   12357  | 4      9      8      |
 | 127    147    9      | 1478   147    1278   | 5      6      3      |
 | 3      45     8      | 6      45     9      | 1      2      7      |
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------*

Cool, Marty, why not? The (16) in r4c78 can be looked at as the missing link, a psuedo-cell.

I believe Marty R is referring to ...

Code:
(1=6)r3c9 - (6)r5c9 = (6)r4c7 - (6=1)r4c6 ==> r3c6<>1
  (6)r3c9 = (6)r5c9 - (6)r4c7 =   (6)r4c6 ==> r3c6<>6

... a co-located w-wing and x-chain (a kite in this case).

A remote pair pattern is two co-located x-chains. Marty's pattern is also two co-located x-chains, both kites.
Code:
 (6)r3c9 = (6)r5c9 - (6)r4c7 =   (6)r4c6 ==> r3c6<>6 
 (1)r3c9 = (1)r5c9 - (1)r4c8 =   (1)r4c6 ==> r3c6<>1

Granted, one of the bivalue cells is stretched over two cells, but it still acts exactly like remote pairs. I don't know if "psuedo-cell" is the correct term for that, but it seemed appropriate at the time.

Marty, I don't see the need to include the 7 in the pattern at all.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
ronk wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
... can 16-67-16-16 be played as Remote Pairs ...?

Only if the chain of cells holding those bivalues meet a requrement you haven't stated.

Sorry, I'm not understanding. Embarassed


Marty,

I looked at the 16-16-67-16 as a chain (even number of cells)....strong links on 6.....so in any cell that sees both ends of the chain, the 6 can be eliminated. Is that what you mean?

Ronk...Did you mean that Marty should have stated the "strong link on 6" as a requirement of the bivalves?

Kathy
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
Does this chain count as Remote Pairs based on Keith's post here?

http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2030

I used this chain as Remote Pairs, but don't know if it's valid or a lucky mistake: 16-67-16-16. If not valid, then I go back to the drawing boards.

Yes. Your endpoint cells and the strong links on <6> qualify as a general Remote Pair.

Quote:
Please forgive my denseness, but forgetting about pseudo cells, W-Wings and chains, can 16-67-16-16 be played as Remote Pairs the same as if it were 16-16-16-16?

No. The contents of the cells alone is insufficient information. You must also know that there are three strong links present for <6>.

Luke451: Ron's two chains are equivalent to Keith's definition of a general Remote Pair using four cells. The give-away is the identical bivalue cells as endpoints of an X-Chain where all inferences are strong links. In this case:

Code:
[r4] 16-67 is a strong link on <6>
[b6] 67-16 is a strong link on <6>
[c9] 16-16 is a strong link on <6>

-alternately, a second example using the same endpoint cells-

[r4] 16-17 is a strong link on <1>
[b6] 17-16 is a strong link on <1>
[c9] 16-16 is a strong link on <1>


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Quote:
Please forgive my denseness, but forgetting about pseudo cells, W-Wings and chains, can 16-67-16-16 be played as Remote Pairs the same as if it were 16-16-16-16?

No. The contents of the cells alone is insufficient information. You must also know that there are three strong links present for <6>.

Thanks Danny, that's the reassurance that I needed.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Luke451 wrote:
A remote pair pattern is two co-located x-chains.

I believe that's the first time I've seen that definition for a "remote pair." Pseudo remote pair would be more appropriate ... for that and what [edit: keith termed] a general remote pair.

This forum seems to be the home for ad hoc definitions of the "remote pair." Something in the air maybe.

[edit: add the below]
Kdelle wrote:
Did you mean that Marty should have stated the "strong link on 6" as a requirement of the bivalves?

Yes, daj95376 phrased it well in a post above.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
This forum seems to be the home for ad hoc definitions of the "remote pair." Something in the air maybe.

They don't call me Mr. Pseudoku fer nuthin'... Very Happy

I agree. A remote pair is a remote pair. Variations being called "remote pairs" can lead to confusion.

These days I don't see remote pairs anyways, but oddagons.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Ronk...Did you mean that Marty should have stated the "strong link on 6" as a requirement of the bivalves?

No mollusks here Kathy, with or without requirements. Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
... for that and what daj95376 calls a general remote pair.

This forum seems to be the home for ad hoc definitions of the "remote pair." Something in the air maybe.

It's not what ***I*** call it, it's what Keith called it in a Dec 29, 2007 post.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

daj95376 wrote:
It's not what ***I*** call it, it's what Keith called it in a Dec 29, 2007 post.

Thanks, I stand corrected and have edited that post. I thought of you because you've probably used the 'general remote pair' term more than anyone else recently.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

skyscraper (6)r3c9=r3c6-r4c6=r4c7 => r5c9<>6=1
Code:
+---------+---------------+--------+
| 4  8  1 | 9     56   56 | 7 3  2 |
| 9  6  7 | 2     14   3  | 8 14 5 |
| 5  2  3 | 14    8    7  | 9 14 6 |
+---------+---------------+--------+
| 8  9  5 | 3     2    1  | 6 7  4 |
| 6  7  2 | 5     9    4  | 3 8  1 |
| 1  3  4 | 78    67   68 | 2 5  9 |
+---------+---------------+--------+
| 27 15 6 | 17    3    25 | 4 9  8 |
| 27 14 9 | 48+17 17+4 28 | 5 6  3 |
| 3  45 8 | 6     45   9  | 1 2  7 |
+---------+---------------+--------+

BUG+3 (17)r8c4=(4)r8c5-(4=5)r9c5-(5=6)r1c5-(6=7)r6c5-(7=8)r6c4 => r6c4=8
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

susume, that's a real interesting BUG move! Don't often see this sort of move and still being able to notate it as a chain.

Some would use a "quantum naked pair" notation to make the elimination clearer in the case of (17)r8c4 i.e.
Code:
qnp(17)r78c4=(4)r8c5 ...

Fwiw the chain part can just be extended to make the elimintation without the uniqueness constraint if you wish....
Code:
(7=1)r7c4 - (1=5)r7c2 - (5=4)r9c2 - (4=5)r9c5 - (5=6)r1c5 - (6=7)r6c5 ; r6c4<>7=8
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

susume wrote:
Code:
+---------+---------------+--------+
| 4  8  1 | 9     56   56 | 7 3  2 |
| 9  6  7 | 2     14   3  | 8 14 5 |
| 5  2  3 | 14    8    7  | 9 14 6 |
+---------+---------------+--------+
| 8  9  5 | 3     2    1  | 6 7  4 |
| 6  7  2 | 5     9    4  | 3 8  1 |
| 1  3  4 | 78    67   68 | 2 5  9 |
+---------+---------------+--------+
| 27 15 6 | 17    3    25 | 4 9  8 |
| 27 14 9 | 48+17 17+4 28 | 5 6  3 |
| 3  45 8 | 6     45   9  | 1 2  7 |
+---------+---------------+--------+

BUG+3 (17)r8c4=(4)r8c5-(4=5)r9c5-(5=6)r1c5-(6=7)r6c5-(7=8)r6c4 => r6c4=8

Pretty, but don't forget that eliminations can be made in the cells with extra candidates.

BUG+3:(17)r78c4=(4)r8c5 ==> r8c4<>4, r8c5<>17

The naked pair (17)r78c4 is not quantum because it is in two cells rather than three.
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