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Clement



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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:09 pm    Post subject: May 13 VH Reply with quote

XY-Wing 48 24 28 eliminating 8 in r4c9 solves the puzzle.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 12:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Goging by how much the puzzle got filled with just the basics, I thought I must have done something wrong. Then came the 248 xy wing at r5c7. Looking for a second opinion before I start the puzzle all over again.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

prakash wrote:
Goging by how much the puzzle got filled with just the basics, I thought I must have done something wrong. Then came the 248 xy wing at r5c7. Looking for a second opinion before I start the puzzle all over again.

I agree, much of the puzzle was solved with basics only. There were a number of different techniques that could subsequently be used as one-step solutions.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 6:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Newly named today! Very Happy

Baphomet!

Code:
 *--------------------------------------------------*
 | 2    6    8    | 5    3    1    | 7    9    4    |
 | 3    4    1    | 6    7    9    | 28   28   5    |
 | 9    5    7    | 48   2    48   | 3    6    1    |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 6    1    3    |*48   5    7    | 9    248 *28   |
 | 5    7    9    | 2    4+8  3    | 48   1    6    |
 | 4    8    2    | 1    9    6    | 5    7    3    |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 8    3    6    | 9    1    25   | 24   245  7    |
 | 7    2    4    | 3    6    58   | 1    58   9    |
 | 1    9    5    | 7   *48   248  | 6    3   *28   |
 *--------------------------------------------------*
(8)r4c4-r4c9=r9c9-r9c5; r5c5=8
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indeed lots of basics

And for us luddites who are happy to stick to the 'old ways'

multicolour wrap(8)

(Or to be elaborate a finned swordfish(8) r459c469, fin r8c6, r9c5<>8!)
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

peterj wrote:


And for us luddites who are happy to stick to the 'old ways'



Beware that man he protesteth too much ! Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:07 am    Post subject: yet another route Reply with quote

W Wing :- 28s in boxes 3and 9 operating on 2s in col 7
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mogulmeister wrote:
peterj wrote:


And for us luddites who are happy to stick to the 'old ways'



Beware that man he protesteth too much ! Laughing Laughing


Yes just envious of discovering a new 'named' sudoku pattern!
It is amazing how much discussion there is on what things are called, fins, almosts, baphomets, anp/ahp etc.etc Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:07 pm    Post subject: Baphonet and W Wing Reply with quote

This example of a "Baphomet" might as easily been called a W wing with 48s acting on 8s in col 9 denying the same 4 as the Baphomet
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

arkietech wrote:
Newly named today! Very Happy

Baphomet!

(8)r4c4-r4c9=r9c9-r9c5

Since the AIC as written isn't useful, the name 'Baphomet' seems approprate. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
Since the AIC as written isn't useful, the name 'Baphomet' seems approprate. Rolling Eyes

Help me understand why it is not useful.

Would this be better?
(8)r5c5=r4c4-r4c9=r9c9-r9c5=r5c5; r5c5=8
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

arkietech wrote:
ronk wrote:
Since the AIC as written isn't useful, the name 'Baphomet' seems approprate. Rolling Eyes

Help me understand why it is not useful.

Would this be better?
(8)r5c5=r4c4-r4c9=r9c9-r9c5=r5c5; r5c5=8

Much! Weak inferences are 'everywhere' and can be omitted from the ends of an AIC ... because one can validly assume they exist. Not so for strong inferences.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ronk wrote:
Much! Weak inferences are 'everywhere' and can be omitted from the ends of an AIC ... because one can validly assume they exist. Not so for strong inferences.

Thanks.

This particular form is very common and most useful in solving puzzles. It needs a name.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In addition to Skyscraper, other multi-coloring, XY-Wings and W-Wings, the BUG+3 works as well.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Baphomet" is an example of a discontinuous loop where the given digit used at the start of the loop is eliminated when the loop is followed around to its logical conclusion:

Look at Dan's example for today if we start at r4c4 = 8 you can follow the loop right round and start cell r4c4 <> 8 giving us the r5c5 = 8 of the solution.

There is also the reverse situation where even if you remove the given digit from the start cell the loop will force that value back into the cell.

This thread - Dan's VH 512 in "Other Puzzles"

Start with r8c1 <>1

(25-1)r8c1=r8c6-r6c6=r6c2-r9c2=(1)r8c1; r8c1=1

Code:
  *-----------------------------------------------------------*
 | 3     26    58    | 4     1     58    | 9     27    267   |
 | 57    78    9     | 58    2     6     | 1     3     4     |
 | 26    4     1     | 3     7     9     | 8     25    256   |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 79    5     6     | 29    48    3     | 24    2478  1     |
 | 179   3     2     | 19    48    17    | 6     458   58    |
 | 8    *17    4     | 6     5    *127   | 3     9     27    |
 |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------|
 | 256   268   7     | 258   9     4     | 25    1     3     |
 |*125   9     3     | 7     6    *125   |  245   248   28   |
 | 4    *12    58    | 125   3    1258   | 7     6     9     |
 *-----------------------------------------------------------*


So far, it would seem that an equivalent skyscraper is often present if these 5 sided ones are spotted.


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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 4:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Baphonet and W Wing Reply with quote

George Woods wrote:
This example of a "Baphomet" might as easily been called a W wing with 48s acting on 8s in col 9 denying the same 4 as the Baphomet


True George but then what about this example (from Arun's genius puzzle)?
Start r3c9 = 7 ======> r3c9 <> 7

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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know but that looks a text book skyscraper to me!?

Strong link on 7 in row 2 and strong link in row 5 and weak link in column 1. If you think of it as a skyscraper you would also eliminate 7 from r6c8. You can also do the same loop logic starting there.

Aren't all skyscrapers going to exhibit the property you describe?
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Mogulmeister



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They will indeed but is every Baphomet a skyscraper ? When the discontinuous loop extends to more than "5 sides" what complementary colouring structure will there be ?

I suspect this situation is analagous to the 3 hop XY chain = XY-wing. In Danny's example above, the baphomet is in the horizontal plane but the skyscraper on 8s is in columns 5 and 9 (in the vertical plane).

As many here have commented before, everything is an AIC but this may be helpful to those who are going up the learning curve. For instance, looking at other conversations on this forum , it would appear that not everyone spots skyscrapers easily.

I also appreciate that others are bored rigid by theory discussions.
Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Young girl or Old Lady ?

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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am sure there are more complicated steps, but I had an XY-wing -248 solving R9C9 as 8.

Keith
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