unique rectangle question

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unique rectangle question

Postby anathema » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:47 pm

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+-----------+-------------+-----------+
| 2   6  9  | 4    5    3 | 8   7   1 |
| 5   4   1 | 7    8    6 | 3   9   2 |
| 8   3   7 | 19  19    2 | 4   6   5 |
+-----------+-------------+-----------+
| 13  7   8 | 6   1239  4 | 129  5 39 |
| 13  5   2 | 139   7  19 | 6   8   4 |
| 6   9   4 | 5   123   8 | 12  23  7 |
+-----------+-------------+-----------+
| 4   2   6 | 8   39    7 | 5   1  39 |
| 9   1   3 | 2    6    5 | 7   4   8 |
| 7   8   5 | 139  4   19 | 29  23  6 |
+-----------+-------------+-----------+


I have a question:

I thought that the following squares build a unique rectangle:

R4C5 - R4C9 - R7C5 - R7C9

with the numbers '39' so that I can reduce R4C5 from '1239' to '39'. After this reduction the puzzle became invalid. Where is my thinking error?

Thx for the help.
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Re: unique rectangle question

Postby ravel » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:13 pm

anathema wrote:I thought that the following squares build a unique rectangle:
R4C5 - R4C9 - R7C5 - R7C9

A unique rectangle must have each two cells in one box. In this case there still can be a unique solution, when the 39 candidates remain.
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Re: unique rectangle question

Postby vidarino » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:16 pm

That's not a unique rectangle, I'm afraid. For it to be one, the corners must be confined to two 3x3-boxes. In your example, each corner is in a box of its own (i.e. it spans 4 boxes in total).

Also, the rule you're trying to apply is reverse. If there were a unique rectangle there, and one corner had some extra candidates, one of the extras would have to be true, not the corner candidates. So you would eliminate 39 from the corner, not 12.
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Re: unique rectangle question

Postby anathema » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:32 pm

vidarino wrote:That's not a unique rectangle, I'm afraid. For it to be one, the corners must be confined to two 3x3-boxes. In your example, each corner is in a box of its own (i.e. it spans 4 boxes in total).

Also, the rule you're trying to apply is reverse. If there were a unique rectangle there, and one corner had some extra candidates, one of the extras would have to be true, not the corner candidates. So you would eliminate 39 from the corner, not 12.


ok thx. I didn't check the condition of the two 3x3 boxes!

The reduction is of course '39' - I just made a writing mistake - thats clear.

So I learned a new thing today - so its a good day!
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