Analysis of xx-top500-390-base.sdk

Contents

Original Sudoku

level: medium

Original Sudoku

position: ...8....4.1..2.....92......3..6...87.......5.....9.......4..2..7....5.........1.. initial

Autosolve

position: ...8...24.1..2.....92......3..6...87.......5.....9.......4..2..7....5.........1.. autosolve
Autosolve

Pair Reduction Variants

Pair Reduction Analysis

Pair Reduction Analysis

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* PRF # E1: 5,6 => SOL
* DIS # A7: 5,6 => CTR => A7: 1,8,9
* PRF # C4: 4,9 => SOL
* CNT   3 HDP CHAINS /  18 HYP OPENED

See Appendix: Full HDP Chains for full list of HDP chains.

Pair Reduction

Pair Reduction

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* PRF # E1: 5,6 => SOL
* STA E1: 5,6
* CNT   1 HDP CHAINS /   6 HYP OPENED

See Appendix: Full HDP Chains for full list of HDP chains.

Details

Positions

...8....4.1..2.....92......3..6...87.......5.....9.......4..2..7....5.........1.. initial
...8...24.1..2.....92......3..6...87.......5.....9.......4..2..7....5.........1.. autosolve
573861924416927538892354761359612487281743659647598312165489273724135896938276145 solved

Classification

level: medium

Pairing Analysis

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* PAIRS (2)
A1: 5,6
G4: 4,9

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* CONSTRAINT PAIRS (AUTO SOLVE)
E1,F1: 1.. / E1 = 1  =>  3 pairs (_) / F1 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*)
H3,I3: 1.. / H3 = 1  =>  5 pairs (_) / I3 = 1  =>  3 pairs (_)
H3,H6: 1.. / H3 = 1  =>  5 pairs (_) / H6 = 1  =>  3 pairs (_)
I5,I6: 2.. / I5 = 2  =>  3 pairs (_) / I6 = 2  =>  2 pairs (_)
B4,F4: 2.. / B4 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X) / F4 = 2  =>  3 pairs (_)
B8,D8: 2.. / B8 = 2  =>  3 pairs (_) / D8 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X)
E4,D6: 5.. / E4 = 5  =>  3 pairs (_) / D6 = 5  =>  4 pairs (_)
I7,I9: 5.. / I7 = 5  =>  2 pairs (_) / I9 = 5  =>  2 pairs (_)
H7,H9: 7.. / H7 = 7  =>  2 pairs (_) / H9 = 7  =>  2 pairs (_)
F1,G1: 9.. / F1 = 9  =>  3 pairs (_) / G1 = 9  =>  0 pairs (*)
C4,G4: 9.. / C4 = 9  =>  0 pairs (*) / G4 = 9  =>  0 pairs (X)
* DURATION: 0:00:12.078768  START: 16:10:38.882759  END: 16:10:50.961527 2017-05-04
* CP COUNT: (11)
* SOLUTION FOUND

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* PREPARE PR GRAPH
* PAIR REDUCTION ..
* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 1 (AUTO SOLVE) (A1,G4)
* ...8...24.1..2.....92......3..6...87.......5.....9.......4..2..7....5.........1..
* PAIR A1: 5,6 BLK 1
B1: 5,6,3,7                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
B1: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
C1: 5,6,3,7                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
C1: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
A2: 5,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
A2: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
C2: 5,6,3,4,7,8                          # reduction candidate for 5,6
C2: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
A3: 5,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
A3: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
* PAIR A1: 5,6 ROW 1
E1: 5,6,1,3,7                            # reduction candidate for 5,6
E1: 5,6 => SOLVED
* 573861924416927538892354761359612487281743659647598312165489273724135896938276145
E1: 1,3,7                                #  2 pairs
G1: 5,6,3,7,9                            # reduction candidate for 5,6
G1: 5,6                                  #  6 pairs
* PAIR A1: 5,6 COL A
A6: 5,6,1,2,4,8                          # reduction candidate for 5,6
A6: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
A7: 5,6,1,8,9                            # reduction candidate for 5,6
A7: 5,6 => CTR
* ...8.1924.1.92.....92......3.9612487.......59...59...2..14..2..72.1.5.9.9..2..1..
A7: 1,8,9                                #  2 pairs
A9: 5,6,2,4,8,9                          # reduction candidate for 5,6
A9: 5,6                                  #  8 pairs
* PAIR G4: 4,9 BLK 6
G5: 4,9,3,6                              # reduction candidate for 4,9
G5: 4,9                                  #  5 pairs
G5: 3,6                                  #  3 pairs
* PAIR G4: 4,9 ROW 4
C4: 4,9,1,5                              # reduction candidate for 4,9
C4: 4,9 => SOLVED
* 573861924416927538892354761359612487281743659647598312165489273724135896938276145
C4: 1,5                                  #  3 pairs
* PAIR G4: 4,9 COL G
G8: 4,9,3,6,8                            # reduction candidate for 4,9
G8: 4,9                                  #  9 pairs
G8: 3,6,8                                #  2 pairs
* INCONCLUSIVE
* SAVE PR GRAPH xx-top500-390-base-pr-000.dot
* REASONING
* PRF # E1: 5,6 => SOL
* DIS # A7: 5,6 => CTR => A7: 1,8,9
* PRF # C4: 4,9 => SOL
* CNT   3 HDP CHAINS /  18 HYP OPENED

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* PREPARE PR GRAPH
* PAIR REDUCTION ..
* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 1 (AUTO SOLVE) (A1,G4)
* ...8...24.1..2.....92......3..6...87.......5.....9.......4..2..7....5.........1..
* PAIR A1: 5,6 BLK 1
B1: 5,6,3,7                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
B1: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
C1: 5,6,3,7                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
C1: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
A2: 5,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
A2: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
C2: 5,6,3,4,7,8                          # reduction candidate for 5,6
C2: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
A3: 5,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 5,6
A3: 5,6                                  #  7 pairs
* PAIR A1: 5,6 ROW 1
E1: 5,6,1,3,7                            # reduction candidate for 5,6
E1: 5,6 => SOLVED
* 573861924416927538892354761359612487281743659647598312165489273724135896938276145
* DURATION: 0:00:05.301416  START: 16:11:02.527331  END: 16:11:07.828747 2017-05-04
* SOLUTION FOUND
* SAVE PR GRAPH xx-top500-390-base-pr-001.dot
* REASONING
* PRF # E1: 5,6 => SOL
* STA E1: 5,6
* CNT   1 HDP CHAINS /   6 HYP OPENED

Header Info

Top 500 Minimum 17 390

solution: 573861924416927538892354761359612487281743659647598312165489273724135896938276145
info: 42526    FNBXYK   S8.f     45949

http://www.sfsudoku.com/su17ExtremeDiff500.txt from http://www.minimumsudoku.com/

Solution

position: 573861924416927538892354761359612487281743659647598312165489273724135896938276145 solved
Solution

See section Pair Reduction for the HDP chains leading to this result.

Appendix: Full HDP Chains

A1. Pair Reduction Analysis

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # B1: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # C1: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # A2: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # C2: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # A3: 5,6 => UNS
* PRF # E1: 5,6 => SOL
* INC # E1: 1,3,7 => UNS
* INC # G1: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # A6: 5,6 => UNS
* DIS # A7: 5,6 => CTR => A7: 1,8,9
* INC # A7: 1,8,9 => UNS
* INC # A9: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # G5: 4,9 => UNS
* INC # G5: 3,6 => UNS
* PRF # C4: 4,9 => SOL
* INC # C4: 1,5 => UNS
* INC # G8: 4,9 => UNS
* INC # G8: 3,6,8 => UNS
* CNT  18 HDP CHAINS /  18 HYP OPENED

A2. Pair Reduction

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # B1: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # C1: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # A2: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # C2: 5,6 => UNS
* INC # A3: 5,6 => UNS
* PRF # E1: 5,6 => SOL
* STA E1: 5,6
* CNT   6 HDP CHAINS /   6 HYP OPENED