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Topic: 16 November 2007 Nightmare: Mutant Jellyfish |
Sudtyro
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:06 am Subject: 16 November 2007 Nightmare: Mutant Jellyfish |
Many thanks, Ron, for the helpful feedback and suggestions. I had a feeling there were no “simple” answers to those two questions.
Your reference to Obi-Wahn’s posts regarding finned fish is ver ... |
Topic: 16 November 2007 Nightmare: Mutant Jellyfish |
Sudtyro
Replies: 4
Views: 8380
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:57 pm Subject: Re: 16 November 2007 Nightmare: Mutant Jellyfish |
·-------------·-------------·-------------·
| 7 *7 7 | · *7 7 | · 7 · |
| *7 · *7 | · · *7 | · · · |
| 7 *7 7 | · *7 · | #7 · · |
·-------------+-- ... |
Topic: Nightmare November 9th |
Sudtyro
Replies: 5
Views: 8456
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:11 pm Subject: Y-Wing |
Mystery solved! Thanks for the link to udosuk's writeup.
It's interesting...sometime back I ran across your post [url=http://www.sudocue.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1517#1517] here and saved a hardc ... |
Topic: Nightmare November 9th |
Sudtyro
Replies: 5
Views: 8456
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:34 am Subject: Nightmare November 9th |
Hi Para,
Could you please clarify some nomenclature? I'm confused about exactly what a "y-wing" is. Sudopedia redirects to xy-wing, and Andrew Stuart's Sudoku Solver site says "aka x ... |
Topic: 7/15/07 Nightmare...0 grams ALS |
Sudtyro
Replies: 0
Views: 5375
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:55 pm Subject: 7/15/07 Nightmare...0 grams ALS |
This exercise was undertaken to see if, in addition to the standard “basics” toolbox of solving methods, it might be possible to manually solve a difficult puzzle using only simple Alternating Inferen ... |
Topic: 7/8/07 Nightmare...a nice multiple-methods example |
Sudtyro
Replies: 4
Views: 7667
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:50 am Subject: 7/8/07 Nightmare...a nice multiple-methods example |
Thanks again...good explanation! I hadn't seen your threads in the other forum.
In Ron's jargon, (3)r4c7 must be the "spoiler" digit in the "almost" pattern, and in this case i ... |
Topic: 7/8/07 Nightmare...a nice multiple-methods example |
Sudtyro
Replies: 4
Views: 7667
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:28 pm Subject: Re: 7/8/07 Nightmare...a nice multiple-methods example |
The cells (5,5), (4,6), (4,7), (4,8) could be viewed as an almost xy-chain ...
Thanks, rep'nA, for the feedback! I've learned just enough about "almost" structures from some of Ron Mo ... |
Topic: 7/8/07 Nightmare...a nice multiple-methods example |
Sudtyro
Replies: 4
Views: 7667
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:50 pm Subject: 7/8/07 Nightmare...a nice multiple-methods example |
After basics:
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135 14 345 | 6 7 2 | 349 8 49
9 26 7 | 13 8 134 | 5 34 26
38 26 348 | 5 9 34 | 267 27 1
-- ... |
Topic: Fishing with lines? |
Sudtyro
Replies: 1
Views: 3903
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Forum: Help Me! I'm stuck! Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:14 pm Subject: Fishing with Lines? |
I have similar difficulties with most methods used to find fish patterns. However, not long ago I ran across Arcilla’s article in the other forum entitled, "a new (?) view of fish (naked or hidd ... |
Topic: 10 July 2007: Mutant Fish Eliminations |
Sudtyro
Replies: 5
Views: 9123
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:17 pm Subject: Mutant Fish Eliminations |
Really learning a lot on this thread...
(6): r1c3 = r4c3 - r4c4 = r2c4 - r2c7 = r1c79 - r1c3 => AIC loop...
So, isn't this "Fishy Cycle" also a Franken swordfish?
Base: c3, c4, b ... |
Topic: Printer Page-Width Problem |
Sudtyro
Replies: 5
Views: 5162
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Forum: General Website Comments Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:27 pm Subject: Printer Page-Width Problem |
Maybe I can change the printable versions to PDF format. I will look into this shortly.
Actually, 98% of all forum postings will print just fine right out of a browser. The problem is only wi ... |
Topic: Printer Page-Width Problem |
Sudtyro
Replies: 5
Views: 5162
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Forum: General Website Comments Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:35 pm Subject: Printer Page-Width Problem |
Thanks for relaying your experience with Firefox.
Very interesting and strange...I tried that site you mentioned (not truncate when I view it on my Windows 2000 IE "Print Preview" option ... |
Topic: Printer Page-Width Problem |
Sudtyro
Replies: 5
Views: 5162
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Forum: General Website Comments Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:02 pm Subject: Printer Page-Width Problem |
Cannot seem to figure this one out:
Certain posts, when examined using my Windows 2000 IE "Print Preview" option, show the pages truncated on the right-hand side (and they print that way, ... |
Topic: 5/20/07 Nightmare...7's grid |
Sudtyro
Replies: 6
Views: 9665
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:45 am Subject: 5/20/07 Nightmare...7's grid |
Got it...thanks! |
Topic: 5/20/07 Nightmare...7's grid |
Sudtyro
Replies: 6
Views: 9665
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Forum: Daily Sudoku Nightmare & Archive Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:57 pm Subject: 5/20/07 Nightmare...7's grid |
MJ,
One quick follow-up question on your "trick"...
Does “stand-alone” mean naked only, or can a successful cyclic path also indicate a possible hidden fish? |
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