The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[Glyn]

Not forgetting Fibonacci and his rabbits. I thought it was neat that these two series added term by term started 4;8,16,.... then that 2 spoils it all.

For Pi alone the new maximum is 436 just over 300 terms further on.

Note I kept saying continue.

[udosuk]

My yellow rationale does not sound great. I was distracted by the guy who came up with the 355/133, who lived in the Yangtze (yellow river) region.

Tsk tsk tsk. But the Yangtze River (aka Long River/Chang Jiang) and the Yellow River (aka Huang He) are 2 different rivers! Although the brilliant guy who came up with 355/133 did have a skin colour of yellow, which might have prompted you toward that direction.

Some more yellow-faced friendly smiles for you.

[Bigtone53]

But the Yangtze River (aka Long River, Changjiang) and the Yellow River (aka Huanghe) are 2 different rivers.

I am going to do the decent, British, stiff upper-lip thing here and wholeheartedly blame my wife, a Geography teacher, for this misinformation on my part

[udosuk]

tarek, if you don't have one to post at the moment, I have one "in hand" for you guys.

[Bigtone53]

udosuk, suggest that you go for it in case tarek has been held up. I am sure that there are enough multitaskers here to deal with two at a time should tarek get back before yours is solved. I imagine though that tarek's one when it comes is the 'official' one for succession purposes.

[tarek]

udosuk, go for it ....

couple of things will hold me up for about 24 hours ...

tarek

[udosuk]

Okay, here we go:



Which academic institution am I?

(Corrected thanks to Bigtone53, see below.)

[Bigtone53]

OK, first stab

Roadrunner?

[udosuk]

Roadrunner?

OMG, I can't believe there is really a website named "Road Runner University"!

But no, it's not the answer to this riddle. It can't be that easy...

But you've got the correct identity of the cartoon character...

Perhaps like Glyn always says this will also surrender quickly, making way for tarek's next bash.

[hobiwan]

Can it have something to do with the fact, that the sudoku needs a quadruple in the solution?

[Bigtone53]

... aaah, but is this a sudoku or just an array of numbers? We have been caught out earlier in this chain on this point!

[Bigtone53]

Oxford University

(additional edit) Runner - place of learning- Roger Bannister - sub 4 minute mile - Oxford 6 - 5 - 1954 - first row total 6, second row total 5. Then it goes wrong

[Glyn]

Four candidates locked in Road Runner.
Road Runner appeared in Gold Key Comics(1966-1984).
Key, Lock so I'll try Yale University.

[udosuk]

Can it have something to do with the fact, that the sudoku needs a quadruple in the solution?

Yes.

... aaah, but is this a sudoku or just an array of numbers? We have been caught out earlier in this chain on this point!

It is a genuine sudoku. No trick this time.

No luck for both guesses above. Keep on trying!

[Bigtone53]

Mmm. as hobiwan says, the 4 cells covered by roadrunner are the naked quad that cracks this puzzle. What worries me though is that udosuk is perfectly capable of creating a 'nice' (ie symmetric) sudoku with this characteristic so there must be something more in the other numbers.

Quads and academic institutions go nicely together, but the question says institute, a slightly different thing.

I wonder whether udosuk's day job involves computers? Google tells me that last week, IBM was testing its updated Roadrunner computer, supposedly the fastest in the world. It is going to be used at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Can I find LANL in the grid? No quads though!