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|...|2.4|5..|
|6.3|.1.|9..|
|...|...|13.|
|---+---+---|
|..6|...|.52|
|.3.|...|.9.|
|15.|...|36.|
|---+---+---|
|.1.|...|...|
|..2|.9.|6..|
|..7|4.5|...|
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|...|2.4|5..|
|6.3|.1.|9..|
|...|...|13.|
|---+---+---|
|..6|...|.52|
|.3.|...|.9.|
|15.|...|36.|
|---+---+---|
|.1.|...|...|
|..2|.9.|6..|
|..7|4.5|...|
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+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 789 789 1 | 2 3 4 | 5 78 6 |
| 6 478 3 | 5 1 78 | 9 2 478 |
| 478 2 5 | 6789 678 6789 | 1 3 478 |
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 79 79 6 | 13 #48 13 |#48 5 2 |
| 2 3 #48 |*678 5 *678 |#478 9 1 |
| 1 5 #48 |*789 #2478 *2789 | 3 6 *78 |
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 458 1 9 | 3678 2678 23678 | 278 478 35 |
| 458 48 2 | 1378 9 1378 | 6 478 35 |
| 3 6 7 | 4 28 5 | 28 1 9 |
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
after basics
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 789 789 1 | 2 3 4 | 5 78 6 |
| 6 478 3 | 5 1 78 | 9 2 478 |
| 478 2 5 | 6789 678 6789 | 1 3 478 |
|-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------|
| 79 79 6 | 13 48 13 | 48 5 2 |
| 2 3 48 | 678 5 678 | 478 9 1 |
| 1 5 48 | 789 2478 2789 | 3 6 78 |
|-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------|
| 458 1 9 | 3678 2678 23678 | 278 478 35 |
| 458 48 2 | 1378 9 1378 | 6 478 35 |
| 3 6 7 | 4 28 5 | 28 1 9 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
# 76 eliminations remain
r14c12 <79> UR Type 2.2233 <> 8 r1c8,r2c2,r3c1
r14c12 <79> UR Type 3.2233 <> 8 r2c2,r3c1
r14c12 <79> UR Type 4.2233 <> 7 r1c12
r48c46 <13> UR Type 3.2244 <> 48 r8c1
r48c46 <13> UR Type 4.2244 <> 3 r8c46
r79c57 <28> UR via s-link <> 8 r7c5
pjb wrote:The UR at r1c12 and r4c12 can also be viewed as a type 4(?) because the 9's form an X-wing, therefore 7 must be removed from r1cr and r1c2 => stte.
Is there a site which gives a definitive classification of UR's?
===== ===== ===== ===== Unique Rectangle Type 1
+--------------+
| . . . |
| 12 . X-12 |
| . . . |
+--------------+
| . . . |
| 12 . 12 |
| . . . |
+--------------+
===== ===== ===== ===== Unique Rectangle Type 2
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| # # # | . . . | . . . |
| 123 # 123 | # # # | # # # | <3> eliminated
| # # # | . . . | . . . |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| . . . |
| 12 . 12 |
| . . . |
+-------------+
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 12 . 123 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 12 . 123 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| . . # |
| . . # |
+-------------+
^ <3> eliminated
===== ===== ===== ===== Unique Rectangle Type 3
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 12 . 123 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 12 . 124 |
| . . 34 |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| . . # |
| . . # |
+-------------+
^ <34> eliminated (because of n-tuple relationship)
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 12 . 123 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 12 . 124 |
| . . 345 |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| . . 45 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
^ <345> eliminated (because of n-tuple relationship)
===== ===== ===== ===== Unique Rectangle Type 4
X-Wing in <1>
+---------------+
| . . . |
| 12 . 1X-2 |
| . . . |
+---------------+
| . . . |
| 12 . 1Y-2 |
| . . . |
+---------------+
===== ===== ===== ===== Unique Rectangle Type 5 (diagonal variant of Type 2)
+-------------+
| # . . |
| 12 . 123 |
| # . . |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 123 . 12 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
^ ^ <3> eliminated
3-corner variant
+-------------+
| . . . |
| 12 . 123 |
| . . . |
+-------------+
| . . # |
| 123 . 123 |
| . . # |
+-------------+
^ <3> eliminated
===== ===== ===== ===== Unique Rectangle Type 6 (diagonal variant of Type 4)
X-Wing in <1>
+---------------+
| . . . |
| 1-2 . 2X-1 |
| . . . |
+---------------+
| . . . |
| 2Y-1 . 1-2 |
| . . . |
+---------------+