bloggeroliver wrote: today I just want to advertise some big, challenging Sudokus I created with my program. You can find them on this link: http://sudokusoftheday.blogspot.de/p/big-sudokus.html
Oliver,
I looked at your first puzzle, a 16x16, reproduced here:
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1 16 4 . 11 9 . . . 6 14 2 12 5 . 13
11 . . 13 4 12 14 . . 10 9 3 . 2 1 .
. . . 2 6 1 . . . 8 12 5 16 . 11 9
. 12 8 . 16 10 . 2 1 . 11 13 . 3 . 6
13 11 2 . . 7 . 1 . 15 6 9 4 . 10 3
8 . 12 . . 16 2 . 11 . . 7 9 15 14 .
. . 7 3 15 . 6 . . 4 5 . 13 1 2 .
14 1 . . 3 11 4 . . . 13 10 8 6 . .
4 13 . 6 8 3 . 12 . 14 10 1 . . 15 .
5 . 11 8 9 4 . 10 6 . . . . . 3 14
12 3 . 14 . . 1 16 . . . 4 11 8 6 10
9 7 . 1 2 6 15 14 13 3 8 11 5 . 16 .
3 . . . 7 14 16 6 . 5 1 8 . 11 . 4
10 4 5 . 12 15 9 8 . 11 2 . 6 14 13 1
2 . 14 16 1 . 3 11 7 13 . 6 . 12 8 15
. . . 11 13 . . 4 12 9 15 14 3 7 5 16
No. of givens = 166
It is very easy, solvable with singles only. All but three of the clues are, individually, redundant. Removing a subset of these gives, for example, the very hard (SE rating ~9), minimal puzzle below. Now, that's a real challenge!
Regards,
Mike Metcalf
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1 . 4 . 11 9 . . . 6 14 . 12 5 . 13
. . . 13 4 12 14 . . 10 9 3 . 2 1 .
. . . . 6 . . . . . . 5 16 . 11 .
. 12 8 . 16 10 . . . . 11 . . 3 . 6
13 11 2 . . 7 . 1 . 15 6 9 4 . 10 3
8 . 12 . . 16 2 . 11 . . . 9 . . .
. . 7 3 . . 6 . . 4 5 . . 1 2 .
. 1 . . . 11 . . . . 13 10 8 6 . .
. 13 . . 8 . . . . 14 10 1 . . 15 .
5 . . 8 . 4 . 10 6 . . . . . 3 .
. 3 . 14 . . 1 . . . . 4 11 . . .
9 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . 14 16 6 . 5 1 . . . . .
. 4 . . 12 15 . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . 16 . . 3 . . 13 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . .
No. of givens = 92