FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in          Games  Calendar Log in to check your private messages    Generalized X-Wing - Does this also work for Swordfish? Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3          Sudoku Programmers Forum Index -> Solving sudoku View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Lummox JR Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 202 : Items Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:35 am    Post subject: After giving a lot of thought to this thread I think I've come up with a technique to overarch everything we've discussed here: constraint subsets. It covers the skewed swordfish discussed here and other possibilities for larger sudoku. Back to top Pat Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 128 : Items Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:21 pm    Post subject: early example of a finless-Franken Swordfish rkral (2005.Nov.3) wrote: Code:  .  *  .  | *  .  *  |  .  .  .  .  *  .  | *  .  *  |  .  .  .  .  A  .  | a  .  .  |  .  .  .  ---------+----------+---------  .  *  .  | .  .  b  |  .  .  .  .  *  .  | B  .  .  |  .  .  .  .  *  .  | .  .  .  |  .  .  .  ---------+----------+---------  .  c  .  | .  .  C  |  .  .  .  .  *  .  | *  .  *  |  .  .  .  .  *  .  | *  .  *  |  .  .  . - or today we might write it thus - Code:  . * . | * . * | . . .  . * . | * . * | . . .  / X / | X / / | / / / -------+-------+-------  . * . | / / X | . . .  . * . | X / / | . . .  . * . | / / / | . . . -------+-------+-------  / X / | / / X | / / /  . * . | * . * | . . .  . * . | * . * | . . . ( and today we'd write it more generally - that's progress ) my question: is this the earliest example of a finless-Franken Swordfish ? ~ Pat Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Sudoku Programmers Forum Index -> Solving sudoku All times are GMT Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3 Page 3 of 3   Jump to: Select a forum Sudoku----------------Solving sudokuSetting sudokuProgramming sudokuThe mathematics of sudokuExotic sudoku Library----------------PuzzlesSoftwareSudoku elsewhere Not sudoku----------------Random thoughtsForum feedback  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum   Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group Igloo Theme Version 1.0 :: Created By: Andrew Charron