Analysis of xx-top500-450-base.sdk

Contents

Original Sudoku

level: deep

Original Sudoku

position: ...3..71...6.5................1.73...85.........4......6..2...87.....4..1........ initial

Autosolve

position: ...3..71...6.5................1.73...85.........4.5....6..2...87.....4..1........ autosolve
Autosolve

Pair Reduction Variants

Pair Reduction Analysis

Pair Reduction Analysis

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* DIS # B3: 1,7 => CTR => B3: 3
* DIS # E3: 4,6,9 => CTR => E3: 1,7
* DIS # B3: 1,7 => CTR => B3: 3
* CNT   3 HDP CHAINS /   8 HYP OPENED

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

Pair Reduction

Pair Reduction

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* DIS # B3: 1,7 => CTR => B3: 3
* DIS B3: 3 # E3: 4,6,9 => CTR => E3: 1,7
* STA B3: 3 + E3: 1,7
* CNT   2 HDP CHAINS /   4 HYP OPENED

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

Pair Reduction Position

position: ...3..71...6.5.....3..........1.73...85.........4.5....6..2...87.....4..1........ pair_reduction
Pair Reduction

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

Deep Pair Reduction

Deep Pair Reduction

Time used: 0:00:00.369260

Deep Constraint Pair Analysis

Deep Constraint Pair Analysis

Time used: 0:00:00.000013

List of important HDP chains detected for H2,I2: 3..:

* DIS # H2: 3 # F8: 1,3 => CTR => F8: 6,8,9
* DIS # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 # E8: 6,9 => CTR => E8: 1,3
* DIS # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 + E8: 1,3 # E9: 3,7 => CTR => E9: 4,6,9
* PRF # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 + E8: 1,3 + E9: 4,6,9 => SOL
* STA H2: 3
* CNT   4 HDP CHAINS /   6 HYP OPENED

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

Details

This sudoku is deep. Here is some information that may be helpful on how to proceed.

Positions

...3..71...6.5................1.73...85.........4......6..2...87.....4..1........ initial
...3..71...6.5................1.73...85.........4.5....6..2...87.....4..1........ autosolve
...3..71...6.5.....3..........1.73...85.........4.5....6..2...87.....4..1........ pair_reduction

Classification

level: deep

Pairing Analysis

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* PAIRS (3)
C3: 1,7
B6: 1,7
C6: 1,7

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* CONSTRAINT PAIRS (AUTO SOLVE)
B6,C6: 1.. / B6 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*) / C6 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X)
G5,I5: 1.. / G5 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / I5 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
G7,I8: 1.. / G7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*) / I8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X)
B2,F2: 1.. / B2 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / F2 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
F7,G7: 1.. / F7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / G7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
C3,C6: 1.. / C3 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*) / C6 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X)
E3,E8: 1.. / E3 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / E8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
G5,G7: 1.. / G5 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / G7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
I5,I8: 1.. / I5 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*) / I8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X)
D5,F5: 2.. / D5 = 2  =>  3 pairs (_) / F5 = 2  =>  4 pairs (_)
B2,B3: 3.. / B2 = 3  =>  0 pairs (X) / B3 = 3  =>  4 pairs (_)
A5,A6: 3.. / A5 = 3  =>  0 pairs (X) / A6 = 3  =>  3 pairs (_)
A6,E6: 3.. / A6 = 3  =>  3 pairs (_) / E6 = 3  =>  0 pairs (X)
H4,I4: 5.. / H4 = 5  =>  3 pairs (_) / I4 = 5  =>  3 pairs (_)
B6,C6: 7.. / B6 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X) / C6 = 7  =>  0 pairs (_)
H5,I5: 7.. / H5 = 7  =>  0 pairs (*) / I5 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
B2,D2: 7.. / B2 = 7  =>  0 pairs (*) / D2 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
D7,H7: 7.. / D7 = 7  =>  0 pairs (*) / H7 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
C3,C6: 7.. / C3 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X) / C6 = 7  =>  0 pairs (_)
E3,E9: 7.. / E3 = 7  =>  0 pairs (*) / E9 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
I5,I9: 7.. / I5 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X) / I9 = 7  =>  0 pairs (_)
E4,E6: 8.. / E4 = 8  =>  3 pairs (_) / E6 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X)
C8,C9: 8.. / C8 = 8  =>  3 pairs (_) / C9 = 8  =>  3 pairs (_)
A1,F1: 8.. / A1 = 8  =>  3 pairs (_) / F1 = 8  =>  3 pairs (_)
E4,H4: 8.. / E4 = 8  =>  3 pairs (_) / H4 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X)
* DURATION: 0:00:45.336469  START: 18:06:49.280419  END: 18:07:34.616888 2017-05-04
* CP COUNT: (25)
* SOLUTION FOUND

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* DEEP CONSTRAINT PAIRS (PAIR REDUCTION)
H2,I2: 3.. / H2 = 3 ==>  0 pairs (*) / I2 = 3  =>  0 pairs (X)
* DURATION: 0:01:16.972657  START: 18:07:48.117590  END: 18:09:05.090247 2017-05-04
* REASONING H2,I2: 3..
* DIS # H2: 3 # F8: 1,3 => CTR => F8: 6,8,9
* DIS # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 # E8: 6,9 => CTR => E8: 1,3
* DIS # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 + E8: 1,3 # E9: 3,7 => CTR => E9: 4,6,9
* PRF # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 + E8: 1,3 + E9: 4,6,9 => SOL
* STA H2: 3
* CNT   4 HDP CHAINS /   6 HYP OPENED
* DCP COUNT: (1)
* SOLUTION FOUND

Header Info

Top 500 Minimum 17 450

solution: 549368712276951834831274569692187345485632971317495286964723158728516493153849627
info: 95365    FNBHYK   S8.f     44580

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

Appendix: Full HDP Chains

A1. Pair Reduction Analysis

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # B2: 1,7 => UNS
* DIS # B3: 1,7 => CTR => B3: 3
* INC # B3: 3 => UNS
* INC # E3: 1,7 => UNS
* DIS # E3: 4,6,9 => CTR => E3: 1,7
* INC # B2: 1,7 => UNS
* DIS # B3: 1,7 => CTR => B3: 3
* INC # B3: 3 => UNS
* CNT   8 HDP CHAINS /   8 HYP OPENED

A2. Pair Reduction

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # B2: 1,7 => UNS
* DIS # B3: 1,7 => CTR => B3: 3
* INC B3: 3 # E3: 1,7 => UNS
* DIS B3: 3 # E3: 4,6,9 => CTR => E3: 1,7
* STA B3: 3 + E3: 1,7
* CNT   4 HDP CHAINS /   4 HYP OPENED

A3. Deep Constraint Pair Analysis

Full list of HDP chains traversed for H2,I2: 3..:

* INC # H2: 3 # E8: 1,3 => UNS
* DIS # H2: 3 # F8: 1,3 => CTR => F8: 6,8,9
* INC # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 # E8: 1,3 => UNS
* DIS # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 # E8: 6,9 => CTR => E8: 1,3
* DIS # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 + E8: 1,3 # E9: 3,7 => CTR => E9: 4,6,9
* PRF # H2: 3 + F8: 6,8,9 + E8: 1,3 + E9: 4,6,9 => SOL
* STA H2: 3
* CNT   6 HDP CHAINS /   6 HYP OPENED