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|..7|...|...|
|...|6.4|78.|
|..5|.9.|...|
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|.5.|.8.|..9|
|7..|3.6|..1|
|2..|...|.4.|
|---+---+---|
|.1.|.6.|9..|
|.6.|152|...|
|...|...|5..|
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|..7|...|...|
|...|6.4|78.|
|..5|.9.|...|
|---+---+---|
|.5.|.8.|..9|
|7..|3.6|..1|
|2..|...|.4.|
|---+---+---|
|.1.|.6.|9..|
|.6.|152|...|
|...|...|5..|
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| 6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234 |
| 139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234 |
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|c4-3cD 5 6 | 24b 8 1 | 23 7 9 |
| 7 489 489 | 3 24 6 | 28 5 1 |
| 2 38C 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 38B |
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| 5 1 a348 | 478a 6 378 | 9 2 48A |
| 489 6 489 | 1 5 2 | 48 3 7 |
|b348 7 2 | 489 34 389 | 5 1 6 |
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Kraken Row 7 Digit 4 :
4 r7c3 - 3 r7c3 = r9c1 - 3 r4c1;
4 r7c4 - r4c4 = r4c1 - 3 r4c1;
4 r7c9 - 8 r7c9 = r6c9 - (8=3) r6c2 - 3 r4c1; => - 3 r4c1; stte
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| 6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234 |
| 139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234 |
*-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 4-3 5 6 |B24 8 1 |B23c 7 9 |
| 7 489 489 | 3 24 6 | 28 5 1 |
| 2 38 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 38b |
*-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 5 1 a348 |A478 6 378 | 9 2 48a |
| 489 6 489 | 1 5 2 | 48 3 7 |
|b348 7 2 | 489 34 389 | 5 1 6 |
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| 6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234 |
| 139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234 |
*-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
|c34 5 6 |b24 8 1 |b23 7 9 |
| 7 489 489 | 3 24 6 | 28 5 1 |
| 2 38 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 a38 |
*-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 5 1 e348 |e478 6 378 | 9 2 f4-8 |
| 489 6 489 | 1 5 2 | 48 3 7 |
|d348 7 2 | 489 34 389 | 5 1 6 |
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| 6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234 |
| 139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234 |
+---------------+-------------+-----------+
| 34 5 6 | 24 8 1 | 23 7 9 |
| 7 489 489 | 3 24 6 | 28 5 1 |
| 2 38 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 38 |
+---------------+-------------+-----------+
| 5 1 348 | 478 6 378 | 9 2 48 |
| 489 6 489 | 1 5 2 | 48 3 7 |
| 348 7 2 | 489 34 389 | 5 1 6 |
+---------------+-------------+-----------+
6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234
139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5
1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234
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a34 5 6 |a24 8 1 | 3-2 7 9
7 489 489 | 3 4-2 6 |e28 5 1
2 38 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 38
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5 1 c348 | 478 6 378 | 9 2 d48
489 6 489 | 1 5 2 |e48 3 7
b348 7 2 | 489 34 389 | 5 1 6
(2=3)r4c14 - r9c1 = (3-4)r7c3 = r7c9 - (4=2)r58c7 => -2 r4c7, r5c5; stte
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(4)r7c4
JC Van Hay wrote:(34)r4c1 -> r9c1=8; stte
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| 6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234 |
| 139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234 |
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|a34 5 6 |b24 8 1 | 23 7 9 |
| 7 489 489 | 3 c24 6 | 28 5 1 |
| 2 38 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 38 |
|--------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
| 5 1 348 | 478 6 378 | 9 2 48 |
| 489 6 489 | 1 5 2 | 48 3 7 |
| 8-34 7 2 | 489 d34 389 | 5 1 6 |
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Leren wrote:Hi Steve. The way I saw JC's move was a case of remote pairs (a new case for me, it's now in my solver).
It turns out that the 3 and 4 in r4c1 and r9c5 have opposite parity. One way of seeing this is to note that there are 3 Strong links on 4 connecting these cells.
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| 6 2348 7 | 258 123 358 | 134 9 234 |
| 139 239 39 | 6 123 4 | 7 8 5 |
| 1348 2348 5 | 278 9 378 | 134 6 234 |
|--------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
|a34 5 6 |b24 8 1 | 23 7 9 |
| 7 489 489 | 3 c24 6 | 28 5 1 |
| 2 38 1 | 59 7 59 | 6 4 38 |
|--------------------+--------------------+--------------------|
| 5 1 348 | 478 6 378 | 9 2 48 |
| 489 6 489 | 1 5 2 | 48 3 7 |
| 8-34 7 2 | 489 d34 389 | 5 1 6 |
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(3=4) r4c1 - r4c3 = r5c5 - (4=3) r9c5; and (3-4) r4c1 = r4c3 - r5c5 = (4-3) r9c5.
So you can remove 3 and 4 from r9c1, which can see both of these cells and this solves the puzzle with singles.
Leren
SteveG48 wrote:Steve, one way to look at JC's solution is to consider r4c1 a Kraken cell with just two candidates.
3r4c1 – 3r9c1
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4r4c1 – r4c4 = r5c5 – (4=3)r9c5 – 3r9c1