Feedback and Questions
I've received a lot of interesting comments and questions from Sudoku fans over the last few years and this page
is where I try to answer them. Please feel free to drop me a note on the side of the page or try the Facebook
comment box. Or you can email me directly at andrew@str8ts.com.
Post a Comment or Question here...
Sunday 19-Oct-2008
... by: gkelly, layton, ut
Load Sudoku: CLICK TO LOADThat help?
Saturday 4-Oct-2008
... by: Geoff, Australia
Load Sudoku: CLICK TO LOADhttp://www.scanraid.com/X_Cycles_Part_2
I explain all there
Friday 3-Oct-2008
... by: RL Purple, UAS, Minnesota
You have given a retired old professor a lot of insights and pleasure on taking up this hobby.
Best of luck
Andrew Stuart
Tuesday 23-Sep-2008
... by: Larry orrick, U S
Thanks
Larry
I've thought of that as well. It would not be appropriate for gentle or moderate puzzles since it would give away too many solved cells, but for diabolical and extremes, it might work. It would mean doubling up the puzzle packs or making them twice the size. That could be done if there was sufficient demand. Otherwise, I could provide a text file with the puzzles to link to the solver, Take Step once would give you the same effect
Sunday 21-Sep-2008
... by: John Robinson, Western North Carolina
Thank You, JR
Wednesday 17-Sep-2008
... by: Mats Anderbok, Sweden
Load Sudoku: CLICK TO LOADSolving singles first and then bi-value cells reduces the number of recursions considerably (but each recursion takes longer time). I will include a counter is the next version of my own solver (Java applet), but I haven't decided yet how to implement it.
The example is a permutation of no. 32632 from Gordon Royle's list (of 47793 puzzles with 17 given) which requires 14,724,893,706 recursions.
Thursday 11-Sep-2008
... by: PaulyPitts, New Jersey, USA
By the way, your Sudoku site is the very best. It just keeps on getting better and better. Keep up the good work.
PaulyPitts
Lastly, thanks for the compliment!
Sunday 31-Aug-2008
... by: pjf, Ontario, Canada
Load Sudoku: CLICK TO LOADConsider 2 pairs; not in a box and not on any on any line.
Those 2 pair define a square.
The other two corners of the square cannot contain any
possibilities of members of the pair.
That's an interesting observation but I don't think it is always true as a general principle. I've picked a random diabolical to look for an example:
D1 and E9 is the pair. E1 contains a 6/8 as well. It forms a short Remote Pair chain and E1 must contain a 6 or 8 as they are the only candidates left. Our pair must contain the same number (either 6 or 8).
So while both opposite corners of the pair cannot contain BOTH numbers they can contain ONE of the numbers - which one though cannot be determined without other strategies.
Wednesday 13-Aug-2008
... by: Arne Hajonides, Wilnis, Netherlands
Load Sudoku: CLICK TO LOADTo start with, this is great site.
I have a question about "single's chains, type 1". I'm trying to solve the above puzzle, but I don't understand why the 8 is removed from D9 and not from the another of the cells in the chain (D2, G2, H3, H9)?
With another words, if I start the chain at D9->H9->H3->G2->D2, why is not the 8 removed from D2? (D2 = 8 in the solution and the solution count = 1)
Arne
ps. The puzzle is from a Sudoku-book
http://www.scanraid.com/Singles_Chains
Which explains it more fully, but your example is a nice clear one. Either the two YELLOW cells will be the solution or the two BROWN cells will be. We don't know which was round. But that means any 8 that can see both colors can't be a solution. It can be removed. Type 1 works off the chain.
Sunday 10-Aug-2008
... by: Bernard Skehan, USA
Please keep up this site, it is invaluable to beginners and advanced players.
Saturday 28-Jun-2008
... by: Doug, Hong Kng
http://www.sudokuwiki.org/SudokuX.htm