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SER = 8.4
- Code: Select all
Resolution state after Singles and whips[1]:
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! 5 78 9 ! 3 478 468 ! 68 2 1 !
! 4 18 6 ! 5 189 2 ! 38 7 39 !
! 178 3 2 ! 6789 1789 1689 ! 4 69 5 !
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! 9 2 38 ! 48 1348 7 ! 13 5 6 !
! 167 167 38 ! 268 5 1368 ! 9 4 237 !
! 167 5 4 ! 269 1239 1369 ! 123 8 237 !
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! 2368 4 7 ! 1 238 358 ! 256 69 29 !
! 23 9 5 ! 247 6 34 ! 27 1 8 !
! 268 68 1 ! 2789 2789 589 ! 2567 3 4 !
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130 candidates.
1) Simplest first solution, in W7:t-whip[4]: r2n9{c5 c9} - r7c9{n9 n2} - c7n2{r9 r6} - c5n2{r6 .} ==> r9c5≠9
t-whip[5]: r7c8{n6 n9} - r7c9{n9 n2} - r5n2{c9 c4} - r8n2{c4 c1} - c1n3{r8 .} ==> r7c1≠6
whip[1]: r7n6{c8 .} ==> r9c7≠6
z-chain[5]: r3n8{c6 c1} - r7n8{c1 c6} - r7n5{c6 c7} - c7n6{r7 r1} - c7n8{r1 .} ==> r2c5≠8
z-chain[7]: r7n9{c9 c8} - b9n6{r7c8 r7c7} - r1n6{c7 c6} - c6n4{r1 r8} - r8n3{c6 c1} - r8n2{c1 c4} - r5n2{c4 .} ==> r7c9≠2
singles ==> r7c9=9, r2c9=3, r2c7=8, r1c7=6, r3c8=9, r2c2=1, r2c5=9, r7c8=6
whip[1]: b9n2{r9c7 .} ==> r6c7≠2
biv-chain[3]: r1c6{n8 n4} - c5n4{r1 r4} - r4c4{n4 n8} ==> r3c4≠8, r5c6≠8
biv-chain[3]: r3c4{n6 n7} - r1n7{c5 c2} - r5c2{n7 n6} ==> r5c4≠6
biv-chain[4]: r4c4{n8 n4} - b8n4{r8c4 r8c6} - r1c6{n4 n8} - c2n8{r1 r9} ==> r9c4≠8
whip[1]: c4n8{r5 .} ==> r4c5≠8
biv-chain[4]: r8c6{n3 n4} - c4n4{r8 r4} - r4n8{c4 c3} - b4n3{r4c3 r5c3} ==> r5c6≠3
stte
2) There's no 1-step solution with whips of length ≤ 83) There are lots of 2-step solutions in W8 and several in W7
More interestingly, there are several solutions in Z7 (using therefore only reversible chains):They all have the same first non-W1 step:
z-chain[7]: c9n9{r7 r2} - r3c8{n9 n6} - r1n6{c7 c6} - c6n4{r1 r8} - r8n3{c6 c1} - r8n2{c1 c4} - r5n2{c4 .} ==> r7c9≠2singles ==> r7c9=9, r2c9=3, r2c7=8, r1c7=6, r3c8=9, r2c2=1, r2c5=9, r7c8=6
whip[1]: b9n2{r9c7 .} ==> r6c7≠2
The simplest second step is a bivalue-chain[4]:
biv-chain[4]: r5n3{c6 c3} - b4n8{r5c3 r4c3} - r4c4{n8 n4} - b8n4{r8c4 r8c6} ==> r8c6≠3 ; stte
or:
biv-chain[4]: c4n4{r4 r8} - r8c6{n4 n3} - r5n3{c6 c3} - b4n8{r5c3 r4c3} ==> r4c4≠8 ; stte
or:
biv-chain[4]: r4c4{n4 n8} - b4n8{r4c3 r5c3} - r5n3{c3 c6} - r8c6{n3 n4} ==> r8c4≠4 ; stte