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nataraj



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:32 am    Post subject: March 21 vh Reply with quote

An xyz-wing opens an xy-wing which solves the puzzle.

Very nice Very Happy

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Hint: the pivot cell for the xyz-wing will look familiar to some. It contains the square root of 65536. Sapienti sat.
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Earl



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:31 pm    Post subject: March 21 VH Reply with quote

For openers:

Code:

+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| 5  36  1237 | 8   9   4   | 1236 2367 237 |
| 67 4   1237 | 236 5   13  | 8    9    237 |
| 9  368 1238 | 236 126 7   | 1236 5    4   |
+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| 4  27  5    | 37  8   9   | 23   1    6   |
| 8  27  6    | 4   17  13  | 5    23   9   |
| 3  1   9    | 5   26  26  | 7    4    8   |
+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| 2  368 378  | 1   4   56  | 9    367  357 |
| 1  9   4    | 267 3   256 | 26   8    257 |
| 67 5   37   | 9   267 8   | 4    2367 1   |
+-------------+-------------+---------------+

Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site

For closers: xyz (256), xy (237).

Earl


Last edited by Earl on Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:55 pm; edited 1 time in total
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andras



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:46 pm    Post subject: Re: March 21 vh Reply with quote

nataraj wrote:
An xyz-wing opens an xy-wing which solves the puzzle.

Very nice Very Happy

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Hint: the pivot cell for the xyz-wing will look familiar to some. It contains the square root of 65536. Sapienti sat.


Same solution here - agreed, a very nice puzzle, with a gentle start but a couple of advanced techniques needed later on to get the brain-cells active. Smile

John
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately I used the same xyz and xy wings. Was hoping to be first to spot a Type 6 UR or an APE or some other exotic solution. There ain't none.

Shouldn't complain though, cos there seem to be a plethora of VHs lately.
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melis



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:47 pm    Post subject: March 21 vh Reply with quote

For some reason had trouble spotting this one, so thanks for the word to the wise (or to the unobservant as the case may be!)
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

xyz-wing, then xy-wing for me. couple of box/line interactions thrown in there.
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
It contains the square root of 65536. Sapienti sat.


on an english key pad, 65536 spells "OK JEN"
Laughing
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Sapienti sat.


Who is Sapienti and where did he sit?
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
Quote:
Sapienti sat.


Who is Sapienti and where did he sit?


i think the entire phrase is

"Verbum sapienti sat est"

"a word to the wise is sufficient"

or in common tongue = " you better understand what I have to say because its all I needed to say. "
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A.J.



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

O.K. guys I need help.
I found the xyz wing and the xy wing but get down to the following and I'm stuck.
Code:

+-----------+------------+------------+
| 5  3  127 | 8   9   4  | 12 6   27  |
| 67 4  127 | 26  5   13 | 8  9   237 |
| 9  68 128 | 236 12  7  | 13 5   4   |
+-----------+------------+------------+
| 4  27 5   | 37  8   9  | 23 1   6   |
| 8  27 6   | 4   17  13 | 5  23  9   |
| 3  1  9   | 5   26  26 | 7  4   8   |
+-----------+------------+------------+
| 2  68 378 | 1   4   56 | 9  37  35  |
| 1  9  4   | 27  3   25 | 6  8   257 |
| 67 5  37  | 9   267 8  | 4  237 1   |
+-----------+------------+------------+

Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site Sad
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A.J. wrote:
O.K. guys I need help.
I found the xyz wing and the xy wing but get down to the following and I'm stuck.
Code:

+-----------+------------+------------+
| 5  3  127 | 8   9   4  | 12 6   27  |
| 67 4  127 | 26  5   13 | 8  9   237 |
| 9  68 128 | 236 12  7  | 13 5   4   |
+-----------+------------+------------+
| 4  27 5   | 37  8   9  | 23 1   6   |
| 8  27 6   | 4   17  13 | 5  23  9   |
| 3  1  9   | 5   26  26 | 7  4   8   |
+-----------+------------+------------+
| 2  68 378 | 1   4   56 | 9  37  35  |
| 1  9  4   | 27  3   25 | 6  8   257 |
| 67 5  37  | 9   267 8  | 4  237 1   |
+-----------+------------+------------+

Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site Sad

Welcome to the forum. You've got locked candidates. In box 3 the 7s can be only in column 9, so the other 7s in that column have to go. See where that takes you.

Good luck.
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marty R. wrote:
Quote:
Sapienti sat.


Who is Sapienti and where did he sit?


Think I started this mess now I better clear it up.

sapienti sat is Latin and means "For those who know, this is enough".
[Think of homo sapiens and satisfaction Smile; man who has knowledge and getting enough]

sqrt(65536) of course is 256. the number of possible characters in a byte.
Probably one of the most well known numbers among computer people.
Like -1, e, i, pi for mathematicians, I guess

Sorry for the confusion
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cgordon



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Like -1, e, i, pi for mathematicians, I guess


Did you know e to the power i x pi = -1

As Michael Caine would say: "Not a lotta people know that"
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nataraj wrote:
Marty R. wrote:
Quote:
Sapienti sat.


Who is Sapienti and where did he sit?


Think I started this mess now I better clear it up.

sapienti sat is Latin and means "For those who know, this is enough".
[Think of homo sapiens and satisfaction Smile; man who has knowledge and getting enough]

sqrt(65536) of course is 256. the number of possible characters in a byte.
Probably one of the most well known numbers among computer people.
Like -1, e, i, pi for mathematicians, I guess

Sorry for the confusion

I should've put a smiley in there, as I did realize that Sapienti was not an Italian gentleman using a chair.

I did not realize the significance of the number 256. I was wondering why you didn't also tell us that the XY-Pivot contained the cube root of 50653, or something along those lines. Laughing
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought so, Marty (I read the smiley between the lines).
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A.J.



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the help Marty R.
I figured it had to be something simple but sometimes you just can't see it.
I feel dumb but relived to get the answer.

Also to Natara; Clever to give us puzzle on top of the Sudoku puzzle or (puzzle)squared! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone have any hint or tips on how to spot these xyz-wings? I'm not sure I ever would have found it.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TexCat wrote:
Anyone have any hint or tips on how to spot these xyz-wings? I'm not sure I ever would have found it.

I have to look carefully and systematically. Check each box for a trivalue cell (the XYZ). See if the same box contains XZ (or YZ, if you will). Then check to see if the same line (row or column) as the XYZ has the third component. Maybe there are better ways, but that's the only way I know.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:09 pm    Post subject: Help Needed with Potential W Wing Reply with quote

I hope I am not too late & that someone remembers this & can straighten me out. After 2 & a half years, I am very comfortable solving samgj's puzzles with X/XY/XYZ Wings; so I now start out looking for other things like W Wings to work on improving my other techniques. I thought I found a W Wing on 37 (R4C4 & R9C3) connected by a strong link on 7 in C5. Although it did not do anything, I tried to color on it since both R4 & R9 are strong linked on 3. Extending to R4C7 as red & R9C8 as green, I thought I could eliminate 3 from R5C8. It didn't work. What did I do wrong?

Dave
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Victor



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I once made the same sort of mistake, Dave. The ends of a W-wing (and XY-wing, skyscraper, etc.) aren't connected by a conjugate link: they might both be true. It follows that it's wrong to colour one link each side, but would be OK to colour 2 (or any even number) on from either end. Hope that brief expo helps.
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