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juicebox
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 Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: Mar 22nd Puzzle with 2 solutions? |
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http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/digitalsnare/sudoku.JPG (copy and paste link)
as far as I can tell, it does not matter where you put the 3s and 9s in this puzzle, as long as they are opposite eachother...thus allowing for TWO answers to this puzzle. A minor loophole yes, proving that "all sudokus only have one solution wrong" yes as well :p |
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TKiel
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| IMO, most puzzle creators strive to ensure their published puzzles only have one solution, but that does not preclude anyone from publishing puzzles that have more. A puzzle that has more than one solution is not solvable by logic alone, which means it basically violates the spirit if not the definition of a Sudoku, rendering it a non-Sudoku. A valid Sudoku has one and only one solution and there are plenty of those around. Don't waste time on the others. |
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Ryan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: Mar 22nd Puzzle with 2 solutions? |
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| juicebox wrote: | | http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/digitalsnare/sudoku.JPG |
juicebox,
You have started to solve the puzzle incorrectly. In the 2nd column, you have a 4 in both the 2nd row and 5th row, and no 4's in the first column. Here's the solution for reference: http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/archive/2006/03/2006-03-22_solution.shtml |
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