Clueless Kakuro

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Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Fri May 29, 2020 2:11 pm

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Clueless Kakuro #001
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Definitions:

  • Each white cell is to be filled in with 1 to 9, so that each "word" has no digit repeating.
  • Words exist in rows, columns, and diagonals. Thus, each white cell belongs to 3 or 4 different words.
  • Constraints for each puzzle come in two flavours, Cell Constraints affect all cells in the grid, and Word Constraints apply to all words of a given size.
  • Word exclusions: sometimes a list of "forbidden" word values is given as a constraint. The order of digits in a word is fairly obvious for words in a row or column. In diagonal words, the word always begins in the left-most column, ie: like a word in a row, it is interpreted left-to-right.

Example:
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. 2 5
3 4 .
7 8 9
. 1 3

In this little grid, the following diagonal word values are found: {32, 19, 49, 383, 745}.

Cell constraints:

  • Cell pairs that are a knight's move apart must have different digits (anti-Knight)
  • Cell pairs that are adjacent (in any direction) can't have consecutive digits (Non-consecutive).

Word Constraints (2-digit words)

  • these word values do not appear: {24, 25, 91, 92}

Word Constraints (6-digit words)

  • the sum of the digits is a prime (ie: 23, 29, 31, or 37)
  • no word contains a 5

That's it! 8-)

SolutionCK-001: Show
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.618.13
4935.68
27.792.
..314..
168.827
9425.59
..79.13
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby creint » Sat May 30, 2020 1:56 pm

The word constraint for 2-digit was a bit unclear. But after viewing your solution..
Do not appear in given order when sorted by x then by y.

After entering the right constraints (word constraints manually in code) Z3 found the same single solution in 1 second.
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Sat May 30, 2020 4:09 pm

creint wrote:The word constraint for 2-digit was a bit unclear. But after viewing your solution..
Do not appear in given order when sorted by x then by y.


Think of words just like those formed by letters. In a crossword puzzle if you were told "the word FRED is excluded", then you would understand that no word in the puzzle can be "FRED" - but "FREDA" and "ALFRED" would be allowed (unless, of course, you were also told that no word could contain FRED).

So excluding "27" and "31" means only that words of length 2 can't be 27 or 31. But 72 and 31 are ok, and so are 275 and 312.

(I do actually have a single-digit-exclusion constraint type, eg "no 4-digit word can contain a 7". It will feature in the next puzzle!).

Crosswords don't normally have diagonal words, but if they did, then the natural interpretation would be that a diagonal word is always ordered from left-to-right. I have made this clear above (at least, I hope I have :roll: ), and provided a simple example.

creint wrote:After entering the right constraints (word constraints manually in code) Z3 found the same single solution in 1 second.

Great, thanks! I had no means of independently confirming the uniqueness of the solution.

I hope to have further examples to test your solver soon!
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Clueless Kakuro #2

Postby Mathimagics » Sat May 30, 2020 5:39 pm

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Clueless Kakuro #2
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Grid/Cell constraints

  • Non-Consecutive (no cells adjacent in any direction have consecutive digits)
  • Unique words (no word appears twice)

Word constraints

  • 2-digit words:
    • the word 29 is excluded

  • 3-digit words:
    • the sum of the digits is prime

  • 6-digit words:
    • no word contains a 2

Solution CK-002: Show
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.59..96
8273.31
64.917.
..173..
175.913
4931.68
.179.42
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby creint » Sat May 30, 2020 8:17 pm

Your solution for Kakuro 2 is incorrect.
-Unique words (no word appears twice)

59 appears 2 times, x marks the spots.
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.24..71
5861.94
13.461.
..928..
93x.517
x71x.35
.x37.91


Same for 95 and 91


Z3 gives multiple solutions:
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  4 8     5 8
9 6 1 4   2 6
5 3   8 1 4 
    1 5 7   
7 2 4   9 5 3
4 9 7 1   1 6
  6 3 8   7 2

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  4 8     5 8
9 6 1 4   2 6
5 3   8 1 4 
    1 5 7   
7 2 4   9 2 6
4 9 7 1   7 9
  6 3 8   4 2
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Sun May 31, 2020 5:51 am

Thanks, creint!

I have fixed the bug, and have adjusted the word constraints list above.
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby creint » Sun May 31, 2020 7:29 am

After repairs your solution is still incorrect
47 appears 2 times

Marked with x:
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  5 9     2 6
8 2 x 3   4 9
6 x   9 7 1 
    7 1 3   
7 1 5   9 1 3
x 9 3 7   6 8
  x 1 9   4 2



Here an valid solution one of many:
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  4 2     7 5
3 8 6 9   4 8
7 1   3 6 2
    9 7 1
7 1 3   4 8 5
4 9 5 2   2 9
  3 1 7   7 3
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Sun May 31, 2020 9:58 am

Ok, thanks!

My repair crew is clearly incompetent! I am investigating ... :?
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Sun May 31, 2020 11:16 am

I just noticed that your sample solution for CK-002 is itself invalid - it isn't NC (it has consecutive adjacent digits) ...
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby creint » Sun May 31, 2020 11:35 am

Non consecutive only adjacent, not in diagonals. With your constraints it has not even a solution.
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Sun May 31, 2020 3:44 pm

Ok, try CK-002 again but change the excluded word from 19 to 29? You should get a unique solution ...
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby creint » Sun May 31, 2020 4:32 pm

Yes, this time a single solution (7 seconds):
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  5 9     9 6
8 2 7 3   3 1
6 4   9 1 7 
    1 7 3   
1 7 5   9 1 3
4 9 3 1   6 8
  1 7 9   4 2
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Re: Clueless Kakuro

Postby Mathimagics » Sun May 31, 2020 4:47 pm

Good. I found and fixed the bug, and updated the puzzle specs.
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