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Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:03 am

Moonlotus windoku: anyone capable to solve?
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:43 am

Solution by SiseSuSo:
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#1//B4,JSW
.2.........8....2....3..5....1.4..............9....4..7...........8.....5...7....
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:16 pm

The idea of moonlotus jigsaw combined with windoku inspired me to creating thisone:
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#1//B4,JSW
....8.......4.1......3.6.....1...8....5...2....7...4.....6.9......8.2.......7....
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:35 pm

Or thisone: disable turbotfish in SiseSuSo when solving you get a solution with x-wing/yellyfish.
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#1//B4,JSW
...7.5.....8.9.3...........3..2.7..5.........2..5.3..8...........4.3.7.....1.4...
112222233111222333411123336441555366444555666447555966477789996777888999778888899

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Eliminated candidates per Method and per Sudoku

Method   \  Sudoku |   SER |     1
                   |-------|------
Not counted elims  |     0 |    89
Naked Singles      |   0.1 |    36
Hidden Singles     |   0.2 |    99
Naked Pair    [2]  |     3 |     4
Naked Triple  [3]  |   3.6 |    11
Naked Quad    [4]  |     5 |     3
Locked Singles[2]  |   2.8 |    20
Locked Singles[3]  |   2.9 |    15
Locked Singles[4]  |     3 |    12
X-Wing        [2]  |   3.2 |     2
Jellyfish     [4]  |   5.2 |     5
                   |-------|------
Eliminated Cand's  |   296 |   296
Sum(SER * Cand's)  | 257.9 | 257.9

Initial Candidates :   297
Maximum SER rating :   5.2 - Approach
Labour rating      : 257.9 - Experimental rating
Check (conflict)   : 297-297=0

A few questions :
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X-Wing, SwordFish, JellyFish  |
ColsX-Wing (4)c89r37 => (-4)r3c7 (-4)r7c7 |
Cols Jellyfish (8)c1468r3578 => (-8)r7c2 (-8)r8c2 (-8)r5c5 (-8)r3c7 (-8)r7c7 |
Cols Singleton (8)c2r9 => (-8)r9c7

It seems SiSeSuSo limits it's search to colums.
Perhaps there's a shorter alternative for yellyfish in rows?
BTW What is a Singleton?
When you did not disable Turbotfish SiSeSuSo does the elimination of the 7 candidates with Turbotfish instead of normal fish, because they are rated lower than 5.2 in the program.( between 4.4 and 4.6)
Anyone could answer them?
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby Hajime » Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:10 pm

Answers inline of the quote:
urhegyi wrote:It seems SiSeSuSo limits it's search to colums.
- no, but maybe this is first to do...
Perhaps there's a shorter alternative for yellyfish in rows?
- can sure be
BTW What is a Singleton?
- during search of fish and elimination of candidates there is a single candidate found in row or column during fish-finding method:
jellyfish=4 digits locked in 4 rows/cols; swordfish in 3; X-wing in 2; singleton in 1 !
When you did not disable Turbotfish SiSeSuSo does the elimination of the 7 candidates with Turbotfish instead of normal fish, because they are rated lower than 5.2 in the program.( between 4.4 and 4.6)
- SiSeSuSo does not search per SER-rating, does a DFS (Depth First Search) and can stumble on a jellyfish (on digit p) before a x-wing (on digit q), where p<q.
Anyone could answer them?
- SiSeSuSo does a full sweep search per method in the methods list ordered from top to bottom.


You can also disable the jellyfish and Naked/hidden Quads in Help&Settings and solve the puzzle without the Yellyfish / Quads
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Method   \  Sudoku |   SER |     1
                   |-------|------
Not counted elims  |     0 |    53
Naked Singles      |   0.1 |    36
Hidden Singles     |   0.2 |    37
Naked Pair    [2]  |     3 |     2
Naked Triple  [3]  |   3.6 |    14
Locked Singles[2]  |   2.8 |    20
Locked Singles[3]  |   2.9 |    15
Locked Singles[4]  |     3 |    12
X-Wing        [2]  |   3.2 |     6
                   |-------|------
Eliminated Cand's  |   195 |   195
Sum(SER * Cand's)  | 222.1 | 222.1

Initial Candidates :   197
Maximum SER rating :   3.6 - Approach
Labour rating      : 222.1 - Experimental rating
Check (conflict)   : 197-197=0
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:31 pm

I printed out the moonlotus windoku from the first post and solved it by hand. It looks easy, singles only, but doing it by hand was more challenging than I thought!
I hope to find more examples like this in the future.
I'm currently working on an algoritm to produce more moonlotus-windoku solution grids:
my first attempts:
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#1/W/B4,JS
...9.2.....6...9....2.5.1...............7...............5.1.4....8...3.....5.6...
112222233111222333411123336441555366444555666447555966477789996777888999778888899

solution:
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184962735756183924932457186379825641861374592543691278295718463618249357427536819

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#1/W/B4,JS
..........5..3..1.9..4.5..6...........1...2...........8..3.7..9.1..4..2..........
112222233111222333411123336441555366444555666447555966477789996777888999778888899

solution:
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184256793756839412932415876579182634461593287328674951845327169617948325293761548
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:58 pm

urhegyi wrote:I'm currently working on an algoritm to produce more moonlotus-windoku solution grids:
Any suggestions how to generate the solution grids?
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:58 am

This windoku variant is not only possible with the moonlotus jigsaw layout, now i found another one:
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#1/W/B4,JS
......7.682..9..614.........3...........2.......8.3.....2...8.3.9.....5.......2.5
711182229733182669731182269731182269731485269734485569734485569733485669744485559

Solved this yesterday by hand which was a challenge:
hardest step pointing/claiming
Law of leftovers helps to do it quicker.
Also 2 hidden pairs and an UR can help.
Estimated rating 2.8 (or 3.4 with hidden pairs)
solution:
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158249736
825794361
486132597
634958172
713425689
561873924
942567813
297316458
379681245

update:
Thanks to the method described by Hajime I can now quick generate more solution grids like:
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#1/W/B4,JS
761492583146573892423981756918734625852367914394625178685149237537218469279856341
711182229733182669731182269731182269731485269734485569734485569733485669744485559

Example:
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#1/W/B4,JS
..1...5..1.......2.2.....5.9.8...6.5....6....3.4...1.8.8.....3.5.......9..9...3..
711182229733182669731182269731182269731485269734485569734485569733485669744485559

Rating:
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Eliminated candidates per Method and per Sudoku

Method   \  Sudoku |   SER |     1
                   |-------|------
Not counted elims  |     0 |    98
Naked Singles      |   0.1 |    33
Hidden Singles     |   0.2 |    94
Locked Singles[2]  |   2.8 |    29
Locked Singles[3]  |   2.9 |     3
Locked Singles[4]  |     3 |     3
XY-chain      [2]  |   3.6 |     1
XY-chain      [4]  |   4.6 |     1
                   |-------|------
Eliminated Cand's  |   262 |   262
Sum(SER * Cand's)  | 129.2 | 129.2

Initial Candidates :   262
Maximum SER rating :   4.6 - Approach
Labour rating      : 129.2 - Experimental rating

When I see the analyze log, I think it's possible to solve with pencil and paper!
hints:
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XY_Chain r  |  (7=4)r4c4 (4=2)r1c4 (2=6)r6c4 (6=7)r6c8 [4] => (-7)r4c8
XY_Chain J  |  (4=2)r4c8 (2=4)r8c7 [2] => (-4)r8c8

Or even without Generalized Intersection but with additional Turbot Fish(es):
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Eliminated candidates per Method and per Sudoku

Method   \  Sudoku |   SER |     1
                   |-------|------
Not counted elims  |     0 |    89
Naked Singles      |   0.1 |    20
Hidden Singles     |   0.2 |   111
Naked Pair    [2]  |     3 |     2
Locked Singles[2]  |   2.8 |    29
Turbot-fish   [4]  |   4.2 |     9
XY-chain      [2]  |   3.6 |     1
XY-chain      [4]  |   4.6 |     1
                   |-------|------
Eliminated Cand's  |   262 |   262
Sum(SER * Cand's)  | 157.4 | 157.4

Initial Candidates :   262
Maximum SER rating :   4.6 - Approach
Labour rating      : 157.4 - Experimental rating

hints:
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2-string-Kite,SkyScraper,TurbotCrane  |
2-string Kite (2) r4c6=r4c8-r8c7=r7c7 => (-2)r5c6 |
X-Chain [4]  (2) r4c8=r8c7-r7c7=r9c8 => (-2)r1c8
XY_Chain r  |  (7=4)r4c4 (4=2)r1c4 (2=6)r6c4 (6=7)r6c8 [4] => (-7)r4c8
XY_Chain J  |  (4=2)r4c8 (2=4)r8c7 [2] => (-4)r8c8
Naked/Hidden Pairs,Triplets,Quads  | NSS (24)J6e48 => (-4)r2c7 | NSS (24)c8r49 => (-4)r1c8
2-string-Kite,SkyScraper,TurbotCrane  |
X-Chain [4]  (7) r1c8=r6c8-r7c7=r5c6 => (-7)r1c6 |
X-Chain [4]  (7) r2c7=r6c8-r1c8=r5c6 => (-7)r2c6 (-7)r7c7 |
2-string Kite (7) r3c7=r2c7-r6c8=r6c5 => (-7)r3c5 |
Skyscraper (7) r3c7=r2c7-r6c8=r1c8 => (-7)r4c6 |
Skyscraper (7) r6c5=r6c8-r1c8=r1c1 => (-7)r7c1 |
Skyscraper (7) r6c8=r6c5-r7c5=r7c9 => (-7)r6c5
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby Hajime » Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:18 am

urhegyi wrote:
urhegyi wrote:I'm currently working on an algoritm to produce more moonlotus-windoku solution grids:
Any suggestions how to generate the solution grids?

In SiSeSuSo
  • Load your own jigsaw puzzle with desired layout.
  • Press "Clear" to erase all givens
  • In tab-page Speedy: check speedy checkbox
  • Check method BruteForce
    Label X:
  • Press button "All Steps"
  • Wait 2 seconds
  • Select Tab Output or press Refresh there
  • Select the solution lines and paste/append it in some file
  • Press button "All back"
  • Goto X
Due to a random function in Bruteforce you get different puzzles.

Here 3 puzzles in 5 seconds manually, no batch generate yet possible.
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#1/W/B4,JS
761492583952738461283167954594671238678243195417859326346925817825314679139586742
112222233111222333411123336441555366444555666447555966477789996777888999778888899
#1/W/B4,JS
197523648546918327973846152352184976614237589721695834839752461285461793468379215
112222233111222333411123336441555366444555666447555966477789996777888999778888899
#1/W/B4,JS
291548673584973126316725489153287964928654317462319758745196832679831245837462591
112222233111222333411123336441555366444555666447555966477789996777888999778888899
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Re: Jigsaw windoku

Postby urhegyi » Thu Feb 11, 2021 12:04 am

I think this layout JSW (with windoku) can be interesting for the human solver!
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#1/W/B4,JS
4.7...1.5..........5.....7...8.4.5......2......3.1.9...7.....5..........8.5...7.9
111122233111222333112223333445556666444555666444455566777788899777888999778889999

It needs a lot of quads! How many are effectively needed, I hope to find out when trying to solve!
analyze:
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Eliminated candidates per Method and per Sudoku

Method   \  Sudoku |   SER |     1
                   |-------|------
Not counted elims  |     0 |    58
Naked Singles      |   0.1 |    41
Hidden Singles     |   0.2 |    85
Naked Pair    [2]  |     3 |    18
Naked Triple  [3]  |   3.6 |    10
Naked Quad    [4]  |     5 |     8
Hidden Quad   [5]  |   5.4 |     3
Locked Singles[2]  |   2.8 |    37
Locked Singles[3]  |   2.9 |    17
Locked Singles[4]  |     3 |    13
                   |-------|------
Eliminated Cand's  |   290 |   290
Sum(SER * Cand's)  | 359.2 | 359.2

Initial Candidates :   290
Maximum SER rating :   5.4 - Approach
Labour rating      : 359.2 - Experimental rating

When you disable quads(and wings max WXYZ) it solves with XYZ-wings which is lower in rating!
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Eliminated candidates per Method and per Sudoku

Method   \  Sudoku |   SER |     1
                   |-------|------
Not counted elims  |     0 |    55
Naked Singles      |   0.1 |    43
Hidden Singles     |   0.2 |     6
Naked Single  [1]  |   2.5 |     1
Naked Pair    [2]  |     3 |    27
Naked Triple  [3]  |   3.6 |     6
Locked Singles[2]  |   2.8 |    19
Locked Singles[3]  |   2.9 |     7
Locked Singles[4]  |     3 |     7
XYZ Wing      [3]  |   4.4 |     3
                   |-------|------
Eliminated Cand's  |   174 |   174
Sum(SER * Cand's)  | 218.3 | 218.3

Initial Candidates :   174
Maximum SER rating :   4.4 - Approach
Labour rating      : 218.3 - Experimental rating
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