Uniqueness and Diagonals

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Uniqueness and Diagonals

Postby Lardarse » Mon May 14, 2007 1:18 pm

I have a question, that came up while trying to solve a sudoku that I made over a year ago.

Consider the following grid, which is a diagonal sudoku:

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.........
.........
.....B.B.
.....B.B.
.........
AA.......
.........
AA.......
.........

The cells marked A are either X or Y. The cells marked B are either X or Z.

My question is: Am I able to deduce anything about how these cells are arranged, without having to try to find Y or Z elsewhere on that diagonal?
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