I would have thought that a solver would be able to output a solution to such an easy puzzle.
ag24ag24 wrote:In the meantime, I would like to come back to the observation I briefly described in my original RESULTS post, namely that a very high proportion (more than 1/3) of the ph_2010 puzzles with SER exactly 11.0 seem to have tridagons.
See the T&E(3) thread. This has been known for a year so so.
ag24ag24 wrote:
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9 8 7 6 124 234 135 145 125
126 146 136 5 78 2349 368 469 267
256 456 356 14 78 2349 368 1469 2679
4 7 156 8 3 156 2 1569 59
156 2 8 9 1456 1456 7 3 156
3 156 9 2 156 7 156 8 4
7 3 156 14 9 1456 156 2 8
8 156 4 7 1256 1256 9 156 3
156 9 2 3 156 8 4 7 156
which originated from puzzle 2591825 in ph_2010. I'm very much a tridagon novice, but if I understand the concept, boxes 4, 6, 7 and 9 have a tridagon on digits 1, 5 and 6, leading to the deduction that cell D8 must be 9. Please let me know if I'm getting that wrong.
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! 9 8 7 ! 6 124 234 ! 135 145 125 !
! 126 146 136 ! 5 78 2349 ! 368 469 267 !
! 256 456 356 ! 14 78 2349 ! 368 1469 2679 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 4 7 156# ! 8 3 156 ! 2 1569#@ 59 !
! 156# 2 8 ! 9 1456 1456 ! 7 3 156# !
! 3 156# 9 ! 2 156 7 ! 156# 8 4 !
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
! 7 3 156# ! 14 9 1456 ! 156# 2 8 !
! 8 156# 4 ! 7 1256 1256 ! 9 156# 3 !
! 156# 9 2 ! 3 156 8 ! 4 7 156# !
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tridagon for digits 1, 5 and 6 in blocks:
b6, with cells (marked #): r4c8 (target cell, marked @), r6c7, r5c9
b4, with cells (marked #): r4c3, r6c2, r5c1
b9, with cells (marked #): r8c8, r7c7, r9c9
b7, with cells (marked #): r8c2, r7c3, r9c1
==> r4c8≠1,5,6
ag24ag24 wrote:But the main reason I mention this is that one of the dozen or so puzzles that behaved this way seems to be a variant of the tridagon pattern, and I would be most interested to learn whether it is new. Here it is:
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9 8 7 6 145 1345 1345 2 145
6 125 12345 12458 9 13458 1345 145 7
1234 125 12345 1245 7 1345 8 9 6
5 4 189 19 6 7 2 3 18
128 126 12689 14589 3 1458 1456 7 1458
138 7 1368 1458 145 2 156 145 9
124 9 1245 145 8 6 7 145 3
148 3 1458 7 2 145 9 6 145
7 156 456 3 145 9 145 8 2
originating from ph_2010 puzzle 3044455 and possessing 152 candidates. Boxes 8 and 9 look tridagon-like on digits 1,4 and 5, but boxes 34 and 56 do not seem to complete the pattern, and I can't see any other quartet of boxes that work either. Am I missing something, or is this a known variant of tridagons, or is it genuinely new?
There's no tridagon, but there are lots of 3-digit impossible patterns (from eleven's list).
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