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arkietech



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:51 am    Post subject: rh121411 Reply with quote

Code:
 *-----------*
 |..7|...|...|
 |.49|.26|...|
 |81.|34.|..2|
 |---+---+---|
 |29.|87.|...|
 |...|...|...|
 |...|.92|.85|
 |---+---+---|
 |9..|.35|.27|
 |...|98.|45.|
 |...|...|9..|
 *-----------*
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After basics:

Code:
*-----------------------------------------------------------*
 | 3     2     7     | 15    15    8     | 6     49    49    |
 | 5     4     9     | 7     2     6     | 138   13    138   |
 | 8     1     6     | 3     4     9     | 5     7     2     |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 2     9     5     | 8     7     134   | 13    1346  1346  |
 | 1467  678   148   | 1456  156   134   | 2     1349  1349  |
 | 146   36    134   | 146   9     2     | 7     8     5     |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 9     68    148   | 146   3     5     | 18    2     7     |
 | 167   367   2     | 9     8     17    | 4     5     136   |
 | 1467  5     1348  | 2     16    147   | 9     136   1368  |
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*


Short chain....

(7=1)r8c6-(1=6)r9c5-r9c89=(6-3)r8c9=r8c2; r8c2<>7

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*
 | 3     2     7     | 15    15    8     | 6     49    49    |
 | 5     4     9     | 7     2     6     | 138   13    138   |
 | 8     1     6     | 3     4     9     | 5     7     2     |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 2     9     5     | 8     7     134   | 13    1346  1346  |
 | 1467  678   148   | 1456  156   134   | 2     1349  1349  |
 | 146  a36    134   | 146   9     2     | 7     8     5     |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 9     8-6   148   | 146   3     5     | 18    2     7     |
 |d167 bd367   2     | 9     8     17    | 4     5    c136   |
 | 1467  5     1348  | 2     16    147   | 9     136   1368  |
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*
m-wing
(6=3)r6c2-(3)r8c2=(3-6)r8c9..=(6)r8c12 => r7c2<>6
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JC Van Hay



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another POV ... Wink

ALS-XZ : (6=3)r3c2-(3=167)r8c126 => -6r7c2
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daj95376



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JC Van Hay wrote:
Another POV ... Wink

ALS-XZ : (6=3)r6c2-(3=167)r8c126 => -6r7c2

My solver found a variant of JC's ALS-XZ.

Code:
(6=17)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2  =>  r7c2<>6


What caught my attention was the 3x URs that (seemingly) did nothing to advance an alternate solution.

Code:
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  3      2     7     | *15    *15    8     |  6    *49    *49    |
 |  5      4     9     |  7      2     6     |  138   13     138   |
 |  8      1     6     |  3      4     9     |  5     7      2     |
 |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
 |  2      9     5     |  8      7     134   | %13    46-13  46-13 |
 | *67+14 *67+8  148   | *15+46 *15+6  134   |  2    *49+13 *49+13 |
 |  146    36    134   |  146    9     2     |  7     8      5     |
 |---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
 |  9      68    148   |  146    3     5     |  18    2      7     |
 | *67+1  *67+3  2     |  9      8    %17    |  4     5      136   |
 |  1467   5     1348  |  2      16    147   |  9     136    1368  |
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 # 72 eliminations remain

 r15c89  <49> UR Type 3.2244             <> 13   r4c89  ( using r4c7 )
 r15c45  <15> UR Type 4.2243             <> 1    r5c45
 r58c12  <67> UR via s-link + N_Singles  <> 6    r5c2   ( using r8c6 )
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ER (4); r5c3<>4
W-Wing (18), SL 8 in c9; r7c3<>1 + transport; r7c4<>1
Type 2 UR (49-1); numerous eliminations
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

daj95376 wrote:
JC Van Hay wrote:
Another POV ... Wink

ALS-XZ : (6=3)r6c2-(3=167)r8c126 => -6r7c2

My solver found a variant of JC's ALS-XZ.

Code:
(6=17)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2  =>  r7c2<>6


Danny
, I call your solution an "almost naked pair".

Ted
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tlanglet wrote:
daj95376 wrote:
My solver found a variant of JC's ALS-XZ.
Code:
(6=17)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2  =>  r7c2<>6
I call your solution an "almost naked pair".

Yes, if it helps to think of it that way, every als-xz is comprised of two "almost naked sets." Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tlanglet wrote:
Danny, I call your solution an "almost naked pair".

I can understand you calling it that. Each strong inference is comprised of an almost naked pair.

When I checked the definitions at Sudopedia, the description for an ALS XY-Chain seemed to match my "chain". There may be a hangup, though, in the weak inference not having identical values on each side.

That description also included this statement:

Sudokedia wrote:
The ALS-XZ rule is an ALS-XY-Chain of length two, while the ALS-XY-Wing is an ALS-XY-Chain of length three.

If my chain does qualify as an ALS XY-Chain, then it also qualifies as an ALS-XZ.

Regards, Danny

Note: I noticed that ronk had included a reply while I was composing this message. I'm posting it anyway ... just in case some aspect is incorrect.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

daj95376 wrote:
There may be a hangup, though, in the weak inference not having identical values on each side.

If by "on each side" you mean this AIC expression ... (6=17)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2 => r7c2<>6 ... IMO it would be improved if written as ...

(16=7)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2 ... or maybe even ... (61=7)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2

IOW there should be left-right symmetry in the AIC for two almost-naked-pairs.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

daj95376 wrote:
Code:
(6=17)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2  =>  r7c2<>6

Still another POV, but not so trivial in more complex cases, ... Wink

AHP(6r8c1=36r8c29)-AHP(7r8c2=78r58c2) => -6r7c2
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

arkietech wrote:
m-wing
(6=3)r6c2-(3)r8c2=(3-6)r8c9=(6)r8c12 => r7c2<>6
I like this the best and, with only three native strong inferences, it's probably unbeatable as a one-step solution.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
... or maybe even ... (61=7)r8c16 - (7=36)r68c2

IOW there should be left-right symmetry in the AIC for two almost-naked-pairs.

Hmmm. Interesting! After my comment, I started looking for another way to write the left strong inference term, but I couldn't convince myself to accept it as you indicated because it doesn't work as an ANP(). Now, with a fresh look, I see how it works just fine as an ALS(network). Thanks!!!

Unfortunately, my solver doesn't create your ALS as a strong inference. _ Sad _


JC, an interesting use of the AHP(). I've been considering adding an almost Hidden Subset, AHS(), module to my solver, but it's creating so many SIs now that the execution time has increased drastically. I'm afraid of what will happen to the execution time if I add any more SIs. _ Shocked _

Regards, Danny
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just to satisfy my curiosity... Why would someone consider it fine to notate a locked set object on one end of a strong inference but not on one end of a weak inference? Logically, both make sense: a locked set and an external peer of a related digit cannot both be true so the weak inference is totally fine.

If one wishes to limit the available object types in inferences to single digits then the ALS strong inferences can be written that way (though less compactly). For instance:

ALS[(6)r8c1=(7)r8c16] - ALS[(7)r8c2=(6)r68c2]

In this way there would never be any "extraneous" digits cluttering up ones weak inference notations.

Personally, I only care if the logic is valid so have no problem either way. I am only perplexed by the idea that somehow what is fine in strong inference notation is not fine in weak inference notation, or vice versa.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Withdrawn: Not sure of some points being accurate.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Asellus wrote:
Just to satisfy my curiosity... Why would someone consider it fine to notate a locked set object on one end of a strong inference but not on one end of a weak inference? Logically, both make sense: a locked set and an external peer of a related digit cannot both be true so the weak inference is totally fine.

If you prefer a Boolean outlook of the AIC, there is little difference. However, I take the 'I' of AIC a bit more literally and prefer the "inference stream" outlook. In this case, the weak inference involves only one digit, while each strong inference involves two cells. More accurately, each derived strong inference involves the native strong inference sets of two cells.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
If you prefer a Boolean outlook of the AIC, there is little difference.

Ah... then I definitely prefer the Boolean outlook, with the sky being the limit on the nature of the objects on either end of either sort of inference. "Native Inference" is new jargon to me. Perhaps if it were called an "ANIC" I'd agree that literalness was evident in the restrictions. And I can't see that either approach is more or less "streamy" than the other. I must be uninitiated (unbaptized?). To me, "chain" or "stream" just seem to be metaphors for "sequence" ... though stream opens up the possibility of involving fish, I suppose! Anyway, I am often baffled by what I see as a propensity for overly restrictive definitions in this curious sudoku world.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Asellus, had I expected a cynical response, I wouldn't have bothered to answer your question.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
Asellus, had I expected a cynical response, I wouldn't have bothered to answer your question.

Not cynical... a failed attempt, it seems, at lighthearted humor. If you felt ridiculed, I apologize. There was no such intent.
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