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by **lovethepirk** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:30 pm

*-----------*
|.6.|.1.|...|
|..3|4.7|16.|
|1..|6.8|..2|
|---+---+---|
|9.8|...|321|
|...|...|...|
|716|...|4.5|
|---+---+---|
|8..|9.6|..3|
|.27|1.3|9..|
|...|.7.|.1.|
*-----------*

*-----------*
|.6.|.1.|...|
|.83|4.7|169|
|17.|6.8|5.2|
|---+---+---|
|9.8|76.|321|
|.3.|..1|...|
|716|...|4.5|
|---+---+---|
|8.1|9.6|..3|
|627|1.3|9..|
|39.|.7.|.1.|
*-----------*

*-----------------------------------------------------------*
| 245 6 2459 | 235 1 259 | 78 3478 478 |
| 25 8 3 | 4 25 7 | 1 6 9 |
| 1 7 49 | 6 39 8 | 5 34 2 |
|-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 9 45 8 | 7 6 45 | 3 2 1 |
| 245 3 245 | 58 4589 1 | 678 789 678 |
| 7 1 6 | 238 2389 29 | 4 89 5 |
|-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
| 8 45 1 | 9 245 6 | 27 457 3 |
| 6 2 7 | 1 458 3 | 9 458 48 |
| 3 9 45 | 258 7 245 | 268 1 468 |
*-----------------------------------------------------------*

This sudoku is from simple sudoku, "Expert", cause that's what I am, just kidding.
Thanks for your time.

I found the "colors" solution starting with cell R4C2. I understand that eventually the 4
in cell R7C5 must go but Simple sudoku has it getting removed immediately and the 4 in R5C5 is
getting removed later on. I would think this would be the opposite.

Regardless, I finished the puzzle, but is Simple Sudoku just skipping steps and getting to a faster
solution?

Thanks,

LTP

by **emm** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:04 am

Code: Select all: *-----------------------------------------------------------* | 245 6 2459 | 235 1 259 | 78 3478 478 | | 25 8 3 | 4 25 7 | 1 6 9 | | 1 7 49 | 6 39 8 | 5 34 2 | |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------| | 9 45+ 8 | 7 6 45- | 3 2 1 | | 245 3 245 | 58 4589+ 1 | 678 789 678 | | 7 1 6 | 238 2389 29 | 4 89 5 | |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------| | 8 45- 1 | 9 245 6 | 27 457 3 | | 6 2 7 | 1 458 3 | 9 458 48 | | 3 9 45+ | 258 7 245+ | 268 1 468 | *-----------------------------------------------------------*

By my reckoning they go at the same time.

The 4 at r7c5 goes because it intersects with a (+) and a (-) and all the (4+) go because there are two (+) in row 9.

Maybe Simple Sudoku's way is more interesting?

by **TKiel** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:25 am

LTP,

I don't see any way to exclude only the 4 at r5c5 at this time with colours.

As em pointed out, they do disappear at the same time if the chain is constructed in the manner outlined.

Tracy

by **ravel** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:40 am

You can do it with 2 turbot fishes (at the same time)
r5c5,r4c6,r4c2,r7c2,r7c5 eliminates the 4 in r7c5.
From
r4c6,r4c2,r7c2,r9c3,r9c5 you get r4c6=4

So Simple Sudoku maybe just found them in this order.

by **lovethepirk** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:59 pm

Thank you all....getting better

LTP

by **TKiel** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:27 am

Uh oh, I'm getting confused again. I thought 'Turbot fish' was only a specific pattern of colouring, but R7c2 and r7c5 aren't conjugates, so it seems like they couldn't be used in a 'Turbot Fish'. What am I not understanding?

Tracy

by **emm** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:42 am

Hi Tracy - Turbot fish has an unconditional link - to a cell where there are more than two of that number in the group - as well as conjugate links.

I liked the way this was explained on Havard’s thread on strong links

A and B are conjugates, C and D are conjugates, A and C are buddies => either B or D are true => any cell that intersects with B and D is false.

Code: Select all: . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . -------+-------+------ . 4A-------/4C| . . . . | . | . 4D. | . . . . | . | . | . | . . . ---|---+---|---+------ . 4B------* . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . .

[r7c5]-4-[r7c2]=4=[r4c2]-4-[r4c6]=4=[r5c5]-4-[r7c5]

Code: Select all: . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . -------+-------+------ . 4A--------4B| . . . . | . | . . | | . . . . | . | . . | | . . . ---|---+-----|-+------ . 4C. | . . | | . . . . .\. | . . | | . . . . . 4D------* | . . .

[r9c6]-4-[r9c3]=4=[r7c2]-4-[r4c2]=4=[r4c6]-4-[r9c6]

by **TKiel** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:16 pm

em,

Thanks for the explanation. I think what also confused me is that the cell with the value to be excluded is included in the 'Turbot-fish' pattern, whereas most of the time in colouring the exclusion takes place outside the chain.

It seems from the diagrams you used as illustrations, that the 'Turbot-fish' pattern could be constructed from either one four-cell chain or from two two-cell chains. Is that correct?

Tracy

by **tarek** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:37 pm

The answer also maybe that it used the finned fish techniques:

Code: Select all: *--------------------------------------------------------* | 245 6 2459 | 235 1 259 | 78 3478 478 | | 25 8 3 | 4 25 7 | 1 6 9 | | 1 7 49 | 6 39 8 | 5 34 2 | |------------------+------------------+------------------| | 9 *45 8 | 7 6 *45 | 3 2 1 | | 245 3 245 | 58 4589 1 | 678 789 678 | | 7 1 6 | 238 2389 29 | 4 89 5 | |------------------+------------------+------------------| | 8 #45 1 | 9 245 6 | 27 457 3 | | 6 2 7 | 1 458 3 | 9 458 48 | | 3 *9 -45 | 258 7 *245 | 268 1 468 | *--------------------------------------------------------* Eliminating 4 From r9c3 (Finned XWing in Columns 26)

which again can be concluded with above techniques.

Tarek

by **ronk** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:31 pm

em wrote:A and B are conjugates, C and D are conjugates, A and C are buddies => either B or D are true => any cell that intersects with B and D is false.
Code: Select all
. . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . -------+-------+------ . 4A-------/4C| . . . . | . | . 4D. | . . . . | . | . | . | . . . ---|---+---|---+------ . 4B------* . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . .

[r7c5]-4-[r7c2]=4=[r4c2]-4-[r4c6]=4=[r5c5]-4-[r7c5]

A very small point: One can determine which links are the strong links from your description, from your nice loop, from your color designators, and even from the '*' on your diagram, but ... it is customary in this forum to show the dashed lines for the strong links only.

OTOH, I do like the fact that one can pretty much just rotate the colors to produce other layouts, e.g., ...

Code: Select all: . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . -------+-------+------ . 4C-------/4D| . . . . | . | . * . | . . . . | . | . | . | . . . ---|---+---|---+------ . 4A------4B. | . . . . . . | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . . .

Hmm, Ron

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