JPF wrote:claudiarabia wrote:
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4 . . . . . . . 9
. . . . 7 . . . .
. . 3 4 . 2 8 . .
. . 1 . . 9 6 . .
. 8 . . 3 . . 7 .
. . 2 5 . . 4 . .
. . 5 6 . 1 3 . .
. . . . 8 . . . .
9 . . . . . . . 2 Arabian Star
A star was born - I want to make it a present for you on my birthday.
Claudia
Thanks & Happy birthday !
Here is a modest gift :
(E5 : 3->6 or B5 : 8->6) => SE 8.4 -> 8.9
JPF
*-----------*
|...|.98|7..|
|...|3..|.6.|
|..7|...|..5|
|---+---+---|
|..4|...|..1|
|...|237|...|
|6..|...|3..|
|---+---+---|
|3..|...|9..|
|.5.|..1|...|
|..2|58.|...|
*-----------*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
| 5 1246 3 | 146 9 8 | 7 124 24 |
| 1248 1248 18 | 3 7 5 | 1248 6 9 |
| 1489 14689 7 | 146 1246 246 | 148 3 5 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 27 3 4 | 68 56 69 | 25 2789 1 |
| 18 18 59 | 2 3 7 | 456 49 46 |
| 6 27 59 | 148 145 49 | 3 289 278 |
|----------------------+----------------------+----------------------|
| 3 148 168 | 7 246 246 | 9 5 248 |
| 478 5 68 | 9 246 1 | 24 2478 3 |
| 49 479 2 | 5 8 3 | 146 14 467 |
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
*-----------*
|4..|...|..9|
|...|.7.|...|
|..3|4.2|8..|
|---+---+---|
|..1|..9|6..|
|.8.|.3.|.7.|
|..2|5..|4..|
|---+---+---|
|..5|6.1|3..|
|...|.8.|...|
|9..|...|..2|
*-----------*
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
| 4 12567 678 | 138 156 3568 | 1257 12356 9 |
| 12568 1256 689 | 1389 7 3568 | 125 123456 13456 |
| 1567 15679 3 | 4 1569 2 | 8 156 1567 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 357 3457 1 | 78 24 9 | 6 2358 358 |
| 56 8 469 | 12 3 46 | 1259 7 15 |
| 367 3679 2 | 5 16 78 | 4 1389 138 |
|-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------|
| 278 247 5 | 6 29 1 | 3 489 478 |
| 12367 123467 467 | 29 8 3457 | 1579 1456 14567 |
| 9 13467 678 | 37 45 3457 | 157 14568 2 |
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
gurth wrote:Comment:
Such a simple bifurcation once again underlines the enormous power of Forcing Nets as a simple, efficient, versatile method.
I am almost starting to make it a principle of mine to use nothing more advanced than SSTS in my solutions and nets.
I aim to show everybody that even the hardest puzzles can be solved easily with a very modest array of techniques.
Gurth wrote:I aim to show everybody that even the hardest puzzles can be solved easily with a very modest array of techniques.
. . 3 6 . . . 9 .
. 4 . . 5 . 8 . .
5 . . . . 4 . . .
6 . . . . 3 . . .
. 7 . . 2 . . . .
. . 8 9 . . 7 2 .
. 5 . . . 8 . . 7
3 . . . . 9 . . 6
. . . . . . 2 4 .
. . 7 8 . . . 2 .
. 1 . . 5 . 8 . .
3 . . . . 9 . . .
9 . . . . . . . .
. 4 . . . . . . .
. . 2 . . . 5 3 .
. 9 . . . 1 . . 7
6 . . . . 3 . . 2
. . . . . . 1 4 .
. . 2 6 . . . 9 .
. 9 . . 1 . 8 . .
6 . . . . 7 . . .
2 . . . . . . . .
. 8 . . . 3 2 . .
. . 9 . 7 . . 3 .
. 1 . . 6 . . 5 .
7 . . . . 2 9 . .
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. 6 4 . . . . . .
8 . . 7 . . . 1 .
2 . . 8 . . 9 . .
. 1 5 . . 8 . . .
. . . . 9 . . . .
. . . 4 . . 7 9 .
. . 9 . . 3 . . 1
. 7 . . . 4 . . 2
. . . . . . 5 3 .
Here claudiarabia wrote:I produced a an Arabian-Star-Puzzle in which you'll find a very symmetric Jellyfish.
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4 . . . . . . . 9
. . . . 5 . . . .
. . 3 4 . 2 8 . .
. . 1 . . 3 6 . .
. 8 . . 7 . . 5 .
. . 2 5 . . 4 . .
. . 5 6 . 1 3 . .
. . . . 8 . . . .
9 . . . . . . . 2
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. -9 c | 9 . 9 | . . .
. A . | . a . | . . .
----------+----------+----------
. 9 . | 9 -9 . | . 9 .
. . C | -9 . -9 | d . .
. 9 . | . -9 9 | . 9 .
----------+----------+----------
. . . | . B . | . b .
. . . | 9 . 9 | D -9 .
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-r3c2=r3c5-r7c5=r7c8-r8c7=r5c7-r5c3=r2c3-r3c2=
... excluding 9s from r2c2, r46c5, r5c46 and r8c8
ronk wrote:Here claudiarabia wrote:I produced a an Arabian-Star-Puzzle in which you'll find a very symmetric Jellyfish.
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4 . . . . . . . 9
. . . . 5 . . . .
. . 3 4 . 2 8 . .
. . 1 . . 3 6 . .
. 8 . . 7 . . 5 .
. . 2 5 . . 4 . .
. . 5 6 . 1 3 . .
. . . . 8 . . . .
9 . . . . . . . 2
4 . . . . . . . 9
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. . 3 4 . 2 8 . .
. . 1 . . 3 6 . .
. 8 . . 7 . . 5 .
. . 2 5 . . 4 . .
. . 5 6 . 1 3 . .
. . . . 8 . . . .
6 . . . . . . . 2
JPF wrote:interesting mutable cell in r9c1 : 9->6
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4 . . . . . . . 9
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. . 3 4 . 2 8 . .
. . 1 . . 3 6 . .
. 8 . . 7 . . 5 .
. . 2 5 . . 4 . .
. . 5 6 . 1 3 . .
. . . . 8 . . . .
6 . . . . . . . 2
8 . . . . . . . 5
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. . 4 6 . 7 9 . .
. . 1 3 . 5 4 . .
. 3 . . 6 . . 2 .
. . 9 7 . 1 3 . .
. . 5 8 . 3 7 . .
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6 . . . . . . . 1