Analysis of zz-www.sudokuwiki.org-0098-base.sdk

Contents

Sudoku from http://www.sudokuwiki.org/Print_Weekly_Sudoku.asp?unsolvable=98

level: hard

Sudoku from http://www.sudokuwiki.org/Print_Weekly_Sudoku.asp?unsolvable=98

position: 7..3..6....6...38......2..7..5..7.3..6..8..9..2.4..5..5..6......41...9....2..9..4 initial

Autosolve

position: 7..3..6..2.6...38.....621.7..5..7.36.6..8..9..2.4.65..5..6......41...9....2..9..4 autosolve
Autosolve

Pair Reduction Variants

Pair Reduction Analysis

Pair Reduction Analysis

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

Pair Reduction

Pair Reduction

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

Deep Pair Reduction

Deep Pair Reduction

Time used: 0:00:41.437466

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* DIS # I1: 5,9 # B1: 5,9 => CTR => B1: 1,8
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 # E1: 1 => CTR => E1: 5,9
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 # D2: 5,9 => CTR => D2: 1,7
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 # E2: 5,9 => CTR => E2: 1,4,7
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 # B2: 1 => CTR => B2: 5,9
* PRF # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 + B2: 5,9 # A4: 8,9 => SOL
* STA # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 + B2: 5,9 + A4: 8,9
* CNT   6 HDP CHAINS /  38 HYP OPENED

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

Details

Positions

7..3..6....6...38......2..7..5..7.3..6..8..9..2.4..5..5..6......41...9....2..9..4 initial
7..3..6..2.6...38.....621.7..5..7.36.6..8..9..2.4.65..5..6......41...9....2..9..4 autosolve
714358629296741385358962147985127436467583291123496578579634812841275963632819754 solved

Classification

level: hard

Pairing Analysis

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* PAIRS (7)
I2: 5,9
H3: 4,5
B4: 8,9
I5: 1,2
H6: 1,7
I6: 1,8
G9: 7,8

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* CONSTRAINT PAIRS (AUTO SOLVE)
B1,B2: 1.. / B1 = 1  => 12 pairs (_) / B2 = 1  =>  8 pairs (_)
H1,I1: 2.. / H1 = 2  => 11 pairs (_) / I1 = 2  => 18 pairs (_)
F5,E6: 3.. / F5 = 3  => 13 pairs (_) / E6 = 3  => 16 pairs (_)
I7,I8: 3.. / I7 = 3  =>  9 pairs (_) / I8 = 3  => 16 pairs (_)
E2,F2: 4.. / E2 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_) / F2 = 4  =>  7 pairs (_)
H1,H3: 4.. / H1 = 4  =>  0 pairs (X) / H3 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_)
G4,G5: 4.. / G4 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_) / G5 = 4  => 12 pairs (_)
E7,F7: 4.. / E7 = 4  =>  7 pairs (_) / F7 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_)
C1,H1: 4.. / C1 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_) / H1 = 4  =>  0 pairs (X)
A4,G4: 4.. / A4 = 4  => 12 pairs (_) / G4 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_)
E2,E7: 4.. / E2 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_) / E7 = 4  =>  7 pairs (_)
F2,F7: 4.. / F2 = 4  =>  7 pairs (_) / F7 = 4  =>  8 pairs (_)
D5,F5: 5.. / D5 = 5  => 10 pairs (_) / F5 = 5  => 19 pairs (_)
A8,A9: 6.. / A8 = 6  => 12 pairs (_) / A9 = 6  =>  8 pairs (_)
H8,H9: 6.. / H8 = 6  =>  8 pairs (_) / H9 = 6  => 12 pairs (_)
A8,H8: 6.. / A8 = 6  => 12 pairs (_) / H8 = 6  =>  8 pairs (_)
A9,H9: 6.. / A9 = 6  =>  8 pairs (_) / H9 = 6  => 12 pairs (_)
D2,E2: 7.. / D2 = 7  =>  7 pairs (_) / E2 = 7  =>  7 pairs (_)
C5,C6: 7.. / C5 = 7  =>  8 pairs (_) / C6 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
G5,H6: 7.. / G5 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X) / H6 = 7  =>  8 pairs (_)
B7,B9: 7.. / B7 = 7  => 11 pairs (_) / B9 = 7  =>  9 pairs (_)
C5,G5: 7.. / C5 = 7  =>  8 pairs (_) / G5 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
C6,H6: 7.. / C6 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X) / H6 = 7  =>  8 pairs (_)
F1,D3: 8.. / F1 = 8  => 10 pairs (_) / D3 = 8  => 10 pairs (_)
G4,I6: 8.. / G4 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X) / I6 = 8  =>  7 pairs (_)
I1,I2: 9.. / I1 = 9  => 12 pairs (_) / I2 = 9  =>  8 pairs (_)
B7,C7: 9.. / B7 = 9  => 11 pairs (_) / C7 = 9  =>  8 pairs (_)
* DURATION: 0:00:33.666825  START: 18:51:48.492908  END: 18:52:22.159733 2017-04-30
* CP COUNT: (27)
* CLUE FOUND

* DEEP PAIR REDUCTION
* DURATION: 0:00:41.212830  START: 18:53:00.396074  END: 18:53:41.608904 2017-04-30
* SOLUTION FOUND
* SAVE PR GRAPH zz-www.sudokuwiki.org-0098-base-pr-002.dot
* REASONING
* DIS # I1: 5,9 # B1: 5,9 => CTR => B1: 1,8
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 # E1: 1 => CTR => E1: 5,9
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 # D2: 5,9 => CTR => D2: 1,7
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 # E2: 5,9 => CTR => E2: 1,4,7
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 # B2: 1 => CTR => B2: 5,9
* PRF # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 + B2: 5,9 # A4: 8,9 => SOL
* STA # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 + B2: 5,9 + A4: 8,9
* CNT   6 HDP CHAINS /  38 HYP OPENED

Header Info

http://www.sudokuwiki.org/Print_Weekly_Sudoku.asp?unsolvable=98

Solution

position: 714358629296741385358962147985127436467583291123496578579634812841275963632819754 solved
Solution

See section Deep 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 # I1: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # I1: 2 => UNS
* INC # B2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # D2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # E2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # H1: 4,5 => UNS
* INC # H1: 2 => UNS
* INC # A4: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # A6: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # C6: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B1: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B3: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B7: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # D5: 1,2 => UNS
* INC # D5: 5 => UNS
* INC # I7: 1,2 => UNS
* INC # I7: 3,8 => UNS
* INC # H7: 1,7 => UNS
* INC # H9: 1,7 => UNS
* INC # A6: 1,8 => UNS
* INC # A6: 3,9 => UNS
* INC # I7: 1,8 => UNS
* INC # I7: 2,3 => UNS
* INC # G7: 7,8 => UNS
* INC # G7: 2 => UNS
* INC # B9: 7,8 => UNS
* INC # D9: 7,8 => UNS
* CNT  27 HDP CHAINS /  27 HYP OPENED

A2. Pair Reduction

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # I1: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # I1: 2 => UNS
* INC # B2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # D2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # E2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # H1: 4,5 => UNS
* INC # H1: 2 => UNS
* INC # A4: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # A6: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # C6: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B1: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B3: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B7: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # D5: 1,2 => UNS
* INC # D5: 5 => UNS
* INC # I7: 1,2 => UNS
* INC # I7: 3,8 => UNS
* INC # H7: 1,7 => UNS
* INC # H9: 1,7 => UNS
* INC # A6: 1,8 => UNS
* INC # A6: 3,9 => UNS
* INC # I7: 1,8 => UNS
* INC # I7: 2,3 => UNS
* INC # G7: 7,8 => UNS
* INC # G7: 2 => UNS
* INC # B9: 7,8 => UNS
* INC # D9: 7,8 => UNS
* CNT  27 HDP CHAINS /  27 HYP OPENED

A3. Deep Pair Reduction

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # I1: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # I1: 2 => UNS
* INC # B2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # D2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # E2: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # H1: 4,5 => UNS
* INC # H1: 2 => UNS
* INC # A4: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # A6: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # C6: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B1: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B3: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # B7: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # D5: 1,2 => UNS
* INC # D5: 5 => UNS
* INC # I7: 1,2 => UNS
* INC # I7: 3,8 => UNS
* INC # H7: 1,7 => UNS
* INC # H9: 1,7 => UNS
* INC # A6: 1,8 => UNS
* INC # A6: 3,9 => UNS
* INC # I7: 1,8 => UNS
* INC # I7: 2,3 => UNS
* INC # G7: 7,8 => UNS
* INC # G7: 2 => UNS
* INC # B9: 7,8 => UNS
* INC # D9: 7,8 => UNS
* DIS # I1: 5,9 # B1: 5,9 => CTR => B1: 1,8
* INC # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 # E1: 5,9 => UNS
* INC # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 # E1: 5,9 => UNS
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 # E1: 1 => CTR => E1: 5,9
* INC # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 # B2: 5,9 => UNS
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 # D2: 5,9 => CTR => D2: 1,7
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 # E2: 5,9 => CTR => E2: 1,4,7
* INC # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 # B2: 5,9 => UNS
* DIS # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 # B2: 1 => CTR => B2: 5,9
* PRF # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 + B2: 5,9 # A4: 8,9 => SOL
* STA # I1: 5,9 + B1: 1,8 + E1: 5,9 + D2: 1,7 + E2: 1,4,7 + B2: 5,9 + A4: 8,9
* CNT  37 HDP CHAINS /  38 HYP OPENED