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[JPF]

My new personal bestmark SE 9,5

Congratulations !

Never saw a rating with 33 Dynamic Contradiction Forcing Chains

I posted this puzzle here ; it's not Easter Monster

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 +-----------+
 |1..|...|..2|
 |..3|4..|.5.|
 |.6.|...|7..|
 |---+---+---|
 |...|85.|.9.|
 |...|3.6|...|
 |..8|.9.|...|
 |---+---+---|
 |.2.|...|1..|
 |7..|...|..6|
 |..9|.8.|.3.|
 +-----------+


SE=11.4 and 40 Dynamic Contradiction Forcing Chains.

In this thread (Sudokus with an original rare shape), aren't we off-topic with that ?
But, it's your thread

JPF

[claudiarabia]

Never saw a rating with 33 Dynamic Contradiction Forcing Chains

I posted this puzzle here ; it's not Easter Monster

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 +-----------+
 |1..|...|..2|
 |..3|4..|.5.|
 |.6.|...|7..|
 |---+---+---|
 |...|85.|.9.|
 |...|3.6|...|
 |..8|.9.|...|
 |---+---+---|
 |.2.|...|1..|
 |7..|...|..6|
 |..9|.8.|.3.|
 +-----------+


SE=11.4 and 40 Dynamic Contradiction Forcing Chains.

In this thread (Sudokus with an original rare shape), aren't we off-topic with that ?
But, it's your thread

JPF

Yes, it's my thread and because this was so nice here another off-topic-sudoku. "gg"

Did you ever see a sudoku SE 4.0 ? I didn't until today.

Do you know why it is 4.0? Because it has 4 Swordfishes, 4 Hidden Triplets and 1 Naked triplet.

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6 . . . 3 . . . 1
. 5 . 2 . 4 . 8 .
. . . . . . . . .
. 1 . 7 . . . 3 .
8 . . . 9 . . . 2
. 7 . . . 5 . 4 .
. . . . . . . . .
. 4 . 8 . 7 . 5 .
3 . . . 1 . . . 6

[daj95376]

Do you know why it is 4.0? Because it has 4 Swordfishes, 4 Hidden Triplets and 1 Naked triplet.

It can also be solved using the following (as part of the solution):

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Hidden Pair   in: <45>, <47>, <57>
Naked  Pair   in: <47>

Hidden Triple in: <457> (*3)
Naked  Triple in: <457>

Swordfish     in: <4>, <5>, <7>


What a mix of techniques using the same three digits! Throw in the following for variety.

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Naked  Quad   in: <2369> (*2)


[ronk]

Did you ever see a sudoku SE 4.0 ? I didn't until today.

Do you know why it is 4.0? Because it has 4 Swordfishes, 4 Hidden Triplets and 1 Naked triplet.

I think a puzzle with just one hidden triple (and singles) would have the same rating. The weird thing is the hidden triple can't directly cause a hidden single ... cause that's rated a mere 2.5. Perhaps someone knows of such an example.

{edit: Although it also requires a hidden pair, here's one from "Let's build a zoo..."}

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 . . . | . . . | 2 . 9
 5 . . | . . . | . 7 .
 . . 1 | 2 . 5 | 6 . 3
-------+-------+-------
 . . 2 | . . . | 5 . .
 1 . . | . . 3 | . . .
 . 6 . | . . . | 4 9 2
-------+-------+-------
 . 8 3 | . 6 . | . . .
 . . 4 | 3 7 . | . . .
 . . . | 4 . . | . . 7

[JPF]

The difficulty of a Sudoku is rated by the hardest solving technique that is required to solve it. This is not necessary the best rating scheme,...

The rating 4.0 is related to a Hidden Triplet, not to a swordfish, rated 3.8

I try to find the best sample that means total of the methods rating is the highest than others. ver 1.0.9
This is my feel of the methods' score.(refer to Sudoku Explainer)

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1.0    Hidden Single ( 1.0,1.2,1.5 are the same )
1.7    Direct Pointing
1.9    Direct Claiming
2.0    Direct Hidden Pair
2.3    Naked Single
2.5    Direct Hidden Triplet
2.6    Pointing
2.8    Claiming
3.0    Naked Pair
3.2    X-Wing
3.4    Hidden Pair
3.6    Naked Triplet
3.8    Swordfish
4.0    Hidden Triplet
....

I think a puzzle with just one hidden triple (and singles) would have the same rating. The weird thing is the hidden triple can't directly cause a hidden single ... cause that's rated a mere 2.5. Perhaps someone knows of such an example.

this is not uncommon with S.E. ; here's one example, among many others :

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 +-----------+
 |..1|...|2..|
 |.3.|4..|.5.|
 |6..|.2.|..7|
 |---+---+---|
 |...|...|.8.|
 |..6|.7.|1..|
 |.8.|...|...|
 |---+---+---|
 |5..|.1.|..6|
 |.9.|..5|.3.|
 |..2|...|4..|
 +-----------+


Analysis results

Difficulty rating: 4,0

This Sudoku can be solved using the following logical methods:
60 x Hidden Single
1 x Hidden Triplet

JPF

[Mauricio]

An spaceship, maybe?

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. . . . 1 . . . .
. . 2 . . . 3 . .
. 4 . . . . . 5 .
. . . 1 6 7 . . .
. . 3 . . . 4 . .
. . 8 . . . 5 . .
. . . 4 . 3 . . .
6 . . . . . . . 1
9 . . . . . . . 7


Addendum. Possibly this sudoku has been posted before and I used it as a seed to my list of 18's with rotational symmetry, or maybe not. Nonetheless it is very interesting, every row, column and box has exactly 2 clues, and it has double diagonal symmetry:

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. . .|. . 1|. 2 .
. 3 .|. . .|. . 4
. . 5|. 6 .|. . .
-----+-----+-----
. . .|2 . .|. . 3
. . 6|. . .|7 . .
1 . .|. . 8|. . .
-----+-----+-----
. . .|. 3 .|5 . .
2 . .|. . .|. 8 .
. 9 .|4 . .|. . .

[claudiarabia]

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. 9 . . . . 6 4 .
. . 1 . . 3 . . 7
. . . 8 . . 2 . 9
. . . . 4 . 8 . .
. . . 1 5 . 3 . .
. . 6 . . 9 . . .
2 . . 7 . . . . .
3 . . . 8 . . . .
. 4 5 6 . . . . .


This is Ali. It is very easy to discover his secrets. SE 2.6

Here is a more difficult Ali:
But I give you one clue more:

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. 2 . . . . 6 4 .
. . 1 . . 3 . . 7
. . . 8 . . 2 . 9
. . . . 4 . 8 . .
. . . 1 5 . 3 . .
. . 6 . . 9 1 . .
2 . . 7 . . . . .
3 . . . 8 . . . .
. 4 5 6 . . . . .


SE 6.6

Happy solving!

Claudia

[claudiarabia]

An spaceship, maybe?

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. . . . 1 . . . .
. . 2 . . . 3 . .
. 4 . . . . . 5 .
. . . 1 6 7 . . .
. . 3 . . . 4 . .
. . 8 . . . 5 . .
. . . 4 . 3 . . .
6 . . . . . . . 1
9 . . . . . . . 7


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. . .|. . 1|. 2 .
. 3 .|. . .|. . 4
. . 5|. 6 .|. . .
-----+-----+-----
. . .|2 . .|. . 3
. . 6|. . .|7 . .
1 . .|. . 8|. . .
-----+-----+-----
. . .|. 3 .|5 . .
2 . .|. . .|. 8 .
. 9 .|4 . .|. . .

A marvellous spaceship and a marvellous fly. I saw several sudoku of this fly-kind already in the forum.
I myself wanted to construct such a fly, but I ended up with 20 clues and ist was not even symmetric.

Here one bean for you to meet your hunger. Isn't that typical mexican?

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. . . . 2 1 9 . .
. . . 8 . . . 2 .
. . 7 . . . . . 5
. 8 . . . . . . 7
2 . . . . 5 4 6 .
3 . . . 9 . . . .
9 . . . 3 . . . .
. 1 . . 6 . . . .
. . 5 7 . . . . .


Happy solving

Claudia

[claudiarabia]

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7 . . 6 . . . . 3
. 2 . . 5 . . 1 .
. . 3 . . 8 7 . .
. . 9 . . . . . 2
. 1 . . . . . 5 .
4 . . . . . 9 . .
. . 7 9 . . 3 . .
. 6 . . 1 . . 4 .
5 . . . . 2 . . 8


SE 7.1

This time I work on 90°rotational-symmetric stuff.

Claudia

[ravel]

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 +-------------------+
 | . . . . . . . . 9 |
 | . . 1 7 . . 3 . . |
 | . 5 2 1 4 . . . . |
 | . 7 3 9 5 . . 2 . |
 | . . 4 3 . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . 1 . . |
 | 7 . . . 8 . . . 6 |
 | . . 5 . . . . . . |
 | . . . . . 6 . . . |
 +-------------------+


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 +-------------------+
 | . . . . . . . 3 8 |
 | . . 1 8 . . . 5 2 |
 | . 4 2 1 5 . . . . |
 | . 7 3 4 9 . . . . |
 | . . 4 2 . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . 7 9 . |
 | 2 9 . . . . 3 . . |
 | 1 8 . . . . . . . |
 +-------------------+


[claudiarabia]

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 +-------------------+
 | . . . . . . . . 9 |
 | . . 1 7 . . 3 . . |
 | . 5 2 1 4 . . . . |
 | . 7 3 9 5 . . 2 . |
 | . . 4 3 . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . 1 . . |
 | 7 . . . 8 . . . 6 |
 | . . 5 . . . . . . |
 | . . . . . 6 . . . |
 +-------------------+


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 +-------------------+
 | . . . . . . . 3 8 |
 | . . 1 8 . . . 5 2 |
 | . 4 2 1 5 . . . . |
 | . 7 3 4 9 . . . . |
 | . . 4 2 . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . 7 9 . |
 | 2 9 . . . . 3 . . |
 | 1 8 . . . . . . . |
 +-------------------+


Whow! Crucial clusters! I like the first one. Why? Because it looks like the cross is alone in the and the single seeds look so tiny and forlorn. Nice Idea!

Claudia

[ravel]

Thanks,

its funny, i saw the cross as sun (heat wave here).

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 +-------------------+
 | . 6 8 . . . . . . |
 | 7 . . 6 . . 1 . . |
 | 1 . . 2 . 3 . 4 . |
 | . 7 3 . . 4 2 . . |
 | . . . . 8 . . . . |
 | . . 6 9 . . . . . |
 | . 9 . 1 . . 7 . . |
 | . . 5 . . . . . . |
 | . . . . . . . . 8 |
 +-------------------+ ER 6.6


[claudiarabia]

Today I fulfilled a dream for myself. For the first time I generated an X-Shape-Sudoku with the 4 outer middle boxes with the middle clue only. My first selfmade sudoku was like this - with zillions of solutions - and a clue in r5c5.

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1 . . . . . . . 2
. 8 . . 3 . . 4 .
. . 7 . . . 5 . .
. . . 3 . 5 . . .
. 9 . . . . . 7 .
. . . 2 . 1 . . .
. . 6 . . . 1 . .
. 4 . . 8 . . 3 .
2 . . . . . . . 9


SE rating of 7.1

Happy solving

Claudia

[claudiarabia]

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9 . . . 5 . . . 2
. . . 1 . 6 . . .
. . 8 . . . 4 . .
. 1 . . . . . 7 .
5 . . . 7 . . . 1
. 6 . . . . . 3 .
. . 4 . . . 8 . .
. . . 5 . 7 . . .
2 . . . 1 . . . 9


SE 9-5

[JPF]

Today I fulfilled a dream for myself.

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1 . . . . . . . 2
. 8 . . 3 . . 4 .
. . 7 . . . 5 . .
. . . 3 . 5 . . .
. 9 . . . . . 7 .
. . . 2 . 1 . . .
. . 6 . . . 1 . .
. 4 . . 8 . . 3 .
2 . . . . . . . 9


SE rating of 7.1

hm , this pattern is isomorphic to this one, already posted page 27 :

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 1 . . . 2 . . . 3
 . 4 . . . . . 5 .
 . . 6 . . . 7 . .
 . . . 6 . 2 . . .
 8 . . . . . . . 9
 . . . 3 . 4 . . .
 . . 7 . . . 4 . .
 . 5 . . . . . 6 .
 3 . . . 1 . . . 2



SE=9.3

happy solving !

JPF