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lac Hooked

Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 43 Location: Göteborg, Sweden
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:32 am Post subject: Alias for 'boxes' |
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We call them houses around here. Have no idea why.
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nd Hooked

Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 45 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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I had come across the use of "house" to mean "row, column, or nonet" (i.e. any nonrepeating unit of the puzzle--so I guess the diagonals of an X puzzle are also "houses"). So, not identical in meaning to "box". |
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Pete Gold Member

Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 113 Location: Cincinnati Ohio, USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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houses does seem to mean a group of unique digits
boxes seem to be falling out of favor for nonets
this may have to do with jigsaws where the nonets dont have any resemblance to a rectangle
you may say latin squares have 18 houses
sudokus have 27 houses
center dot sudokus have 28 houses
sudokuX have 29 houses
lucky clovers
http://uk.geocities.com/petersudoku/Lucky_Clover.html
have 41 houses
note the 14 clues
as you add houses its somewhat obvious the number of clues for a unigue
solution go down
the how many question for latin squares was answered long before sudokus.
unique sudokus = 5,472,730,538
but these are the only ones ive seen counted
although i saw a jigsaw that had 8 clues. _________________ "It gets dark at night" - Olbers |
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nj3h Gold Member

Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 111 Location: Virginia / USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Ruud,
The lucky clover looks like a a WinDoku and and asterisk puzzle put together. Perhaps another variant for the next version of SudoCue. Hint Hint
For the next version, please remember to highlight the asterisk and center dot cells for on-screen and printout solving.
Everyone at SudoCue Forum have a great weekend. I am going to visit my first grandchild, born two weeks ago tomorrow. He lives about 10 miles from here. It's about time he start learning sudoku solving, don't you think?
Regards,
Goerge |
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