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Clifford

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:16 am    Post subject: Stumped Reply with quote

4x3x218x6
2x76389xx
x86x54x2x
574362198
xx9875462
862149xx5
x4521768x
7x15862xx
628493517

I am stuck at this point. Can someone tell me what the next step is
and explain why? Thank you.

Clifford
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daj95376

Joined: 05 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
 *-----------*
 |4.3|.21|8.6|
 |2.7|638|9..|
 |.86|.54|.2.|
 |---+---+---|
 |574|362|198|
 |..9|875|462|
 |862|149|..5|
 |---+---+---|
 |.45|217|68.|
 |7.1|586|2..|
 |628|493|517|
 *-----------*

Code:
# XY-Wing at [r3c1] => [r7c9]<>3
# Singles complete puzzle
 *--------------------------------------------------*
 | 4    59   3    | 79   2    1    | 8    57   6    |
 | 2    15   7    | 6    3    8    | 9    45   14   |
 |*19   8    6    | 79   5    4    | 37   2   *13   |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 | 5    7    4    | 3    6    2    | 1    9    8    |
 | 13   13   9    | 8    7    5    | 4    6    2    |
 | 8    6    2    | 1    4    9    | 37   37   5    |
 |----------------+----------------+----------------|
 |*39   4    5    | 2    1    7    | 6    8    9-3  |
 | 7    39   1    | 5    8    6    | 2    34   349  |
 | 6    2    8    | 4    9    3    | 5    1    7    |
 *--------------------------------------------------*

www.Sudopedia.org to learn more about XY-Wing.
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Carcul

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We also have here a trivial BUG+1: r8c9 must be "3", otherwise the puzzle would have more than one solution.

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