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What is the logical argument to find the next number?

Postby Volkonsky » Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:42 pm

How does one solve it?

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Re: What is the logical argument to find the next number?

Postby Hajime » Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:17 pm

Pretty XY-chain: [4 cells, 7 links] (9=7)r5c7-(7=6)r2c7-(6=4)r2c9-(4=9)r7c9 => (-9)r5c9 (-9)r6c9
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Re: What is the logical argument to find the next number?

Postby eleven » Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:56 pm

A solution without chains:
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+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 4    6    1    | 9    8    6    | 2    5    3    |
| 9    3    8    | 1    5    2    | 67   467  46   |
| 5    2    7    | 4    6    3    | 89  *89   1    |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 2    58   4    | 7    9    1    | 3    6-8  568  |
| 1    59   3    | 6    4    8    | 79   279  259  |
| 7    89   6    | 2    3    5    | 4    1   *89   |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 8    1    2    | 3    7    6    | 5   #49  #49   |
| 6    4    5    | 8    2    9    | 1    3    7    |
| 3    7    9    | 5    1    4    | 68   268  268  |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+

w-wing 89: one of r7c89 must be 9, so one of r3c8 and r7c9 must be 8 => -8r4c8
Then 8 is locked in r46c9 (in box 6) and can be removed from r9c9.

Code: Select all
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 4    6    1    | 9    8    6    | 2    5    3    |
| 9    3    8    | 1    5    2    | 67   47   46   |
| 5    2    7    | 4    6    3    | 89   89   1    |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 2   #58   4    | 7    9    1    | 3    6   #58   |
| 1   #59   3    | 6    4    8    | 79   279 #59+2 |
| 7   #89   6    | 2    3    5    | 4    1   #89   |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 8    1    2    | 3    7    6    | 5    49   49   |
| 6    4    5    | 8    2    9    | 1    3    7    |
| 3    7    9    | 5    1    4    | 68   28   26   |
+----------------+----------------+----------------+

Uniqueness pattern 589 in r456c29 => r5c9=2 (otherwise the puzzle would have at least 2 solutions, because you could exchange these digits in any solution for that puzzle).
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