Analysis of xx-top95-022-base.sdk

Contents

Original Sudoku

level: medium

Original Sudoku

position: ..247..58..............1.4.....2...9528.9.4....9...1.........3.3....75..685..2... initial

Autosolve

position: ..247..58..............1.4.....2...952819.4....9...1252......3.3....75.2685..2... autosolve
Autosolve

Pair Reduction Variants

Pair Reduction Analysis

Pair Reduction Analysis

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* DIS # B6: 4,7 => CTR => B6: 3,6
* DIS # D4: 3,6 => CTR => D4: 5,7
* DIS # F4: 3,6 => CTR => F4: 4,5
* DIS # I5: 7 => CTR => I5: 3,6
* PRF # G4: 6,8 => SOL
* DIS # G4: 3 => CTR => G4: 6,8
* DIS # I5: 6,7 => CTR => I5: 3
* PRF # I5: 3 => SOL
* CNT   8 HDP CHAINS /  39 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 # B6: 4,7 => CTR => B6: 3,6
* DIS B6: 3,6 # D4: 3,6 => CTR => D4: 5,7
* DIS B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 # F4: 3,6 => CTR => F4: 4,5
* DIS B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # I5: 7 => CTR => I5: 3,6
* PRF B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # G4: 6,8 => SOL
* STA B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 + G4: 6,8
* CNT   5 HDP CHAINS /  26 HYP OPENED

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

Details

Positions

..247..58..............1.4.....2...9528.9.4....9...1.........3.3....75..685..2... initial
..247..58..............1.4.....2...952819.4....9...1252......3.3....75.2685..2... autosolve
132479658847563291956281347413725869528196473769348125271854936394617582685932714 solved

Classification

level: medium

Pairing Analysis

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* PAIRS (8)
A1: 1,9
A6: 4,7
F5: 3,6
H4: 6,8
H5: 6,7
C8: 1,4
D9: 3,9
G9: 7,9

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* CONSTRAINT PAIRS (AUTO SOLVE)
A1,B1: 1.. / A1 = 1  => 17 pairs (_) / B1 = 1  => 15 pairs (_)
H2,I2: 1.. / H2 = 1  => 11 pairs (_) / I2 = 1  => 10 pairs (_)
A1,A4: 1.. / A1 = 1  => 17 pairs (_) / A4 = 1  => 15 pairs (_)
D2,D3: 2.. / D2 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_) / D3 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_)
G2,G3: 2.. / G2 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_) / G3 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_)
D2,G2: 2.. / D2 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_) / G2 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_)
D3,G3: 2.. / D3 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_) / G3 = 2  =>  8 pairs (_)
G4,I5: 3.. / G4 = 3  =>  0 pairs (X) / I5 = 3  =>  0 pairs (_)
D9,E9: 3.. / D9 = 3  =>  9 pairs (_) / E9 = 3  => 12 pairs (_)
F5,I5: 3.. / F5 = 3  =>  0 pairs (X) / I5 = 3  =>  0 pairs (_)
I7,I9: 4.. / I7 = 4  => 13 pairs (_) / I9 = 4  => 10 pairs (_)
E9,I9: 4.. / E9 = 4  => 13 pairs (_) / I9 = 4  => 10 pairs (_)
B2,B3: 5.. / B2 = 5  => 11 pairs (_) / B3 = 5  =>  8 pairs (_)
D4,F4: 5.. / D4 = 5  =>  9 pairs (_) / F4 = 5  => 10 pairs (_)
D4,D6: 7.. / D4 = 7  => 10 pairs (_) / D6 = 7  =>  9 pairs (_)
H5,I5: 7.. / H5 = 7  =>  9 pairs (_) / I5 = 7  =>  0 pairs (X)
B7,C7: 7.. / B7 = 7  => 10 pairs (_) / C7 = 7  =>  9 pairs (_)
A2,A3: 8.. / A2 = 8  =>  9 pairs (_) / A3 = 8  => 10 pairs (_)
G4,H4: 8.. / G4 = 8  =>  0 pairs (*) / H4 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X)
G7,H8: 8.. / G7 = 8  =>  8 pairs (_) / H8 = 8  =>  0 pairs (*)
G4,G7: 8.. / G4 = 8  =>  0 pairs (*) / G7 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X)
H4,H8: 8.. / H4 = 8  =>  8 pairs (_) / H8 = 8  =>  0 pairs (*)
B7,B8: 9.. / B7 = 9  => 12 pairs (_) / B8 = 9  =>  9 pairs (_)
* DURATION: 0:00:30.335791  START: 23:19:19.479560  END: 23:19:49.815351 2017-05-03
* CP COUNT: (23)
* SOLUTION FOUND

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* PREPARE PR GRAPH
* PAIR REDUCTION ..
* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 1 (AUTO SOLVE) (A1,A6,C8,D9,F5,G9,H4,H5)
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2...952819.4....9...1252......3.3....75.2685..2...
* PAIR A6: 4,7 BLK 4
A4: 4,7,1                                # reduction candidate for 4,7
A4: 4,7                                  # 17 pairs
B4: 4,7,1,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 4,7
B4: 4,7                                  # 19 pairs
C4: 4,7,1,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 4,7
C4: 4,7                                  # 22 pairs
B6: 4,7,3,6                              # reduction candidate for 4,7
B6: 4,7 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2...952819.4....9...1252......3.3....75.2685..2...
B6: 3,6                                  #  9 pairs
* PAIR A6: 4,7 COL A
A2: 4,7,8,9                              # reduction candidate for 4,7
A2: 4,7                                  # 15 pairs
A2: 8,9                                  #  9 pairs
* PAIR F5: 3,6 BLK 5
D4: 3,6,5,7                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
D4: 3,6 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....25..952819.4..4.97..1252....4.3.3....75.2685..2..4
D4: 5,7                                  #  9 pairs
F4: 3,6,4,5                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
F4: 3,6 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4....52...952819.4..4.97..1252....4.3.3....75.2685..2..4
F4: 4,5                                  #  9 pairs
D6: 3,6,7,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
D6: 3,6                                  # 13 pairs
E6: 3,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
E6: 3,6                                  # 14 pairs
F6: 3,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
F6: 3,6                                  # 22 pairs
* PAIR F5: 3,6 ROW 5
I5: 3,6,7                                # reduction candidate for 3,6
I5: 7 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2.389528193467.39...1252.....8363....75.2685..2..4
I5: 3,6                                  #  9 pairs
* PAIR F5: 3,6 COL F
F1: 3,6,9                                # reduction candidate for 3,6
F1: 3,6                                  # 11 pairs
F2: 3,6,5,8,9                            # reduction candidate for 3,6
F2: 3,6                                  # 20 pairs
* PAIR H4: 6,8 BLK 6
G4: 6,8,3                                # reduction candidate for 6,8
G4: 6,8 => SOLVED
* 132479658847563291956281347413725869528196473769348125271854936394617582685932714
G4: 3 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2.3895281934...39...1252.....83.3....75.2685..2...
* PAIR H4: 6,8 COL H
H8: 6,8,1,9                              # reduction candidate for 6,8
H8: 1,9                                  # 16 pairs
H8: 6,8                                  # 11 pairs
* PAIR H5: 6,7 BLK 6
I5: 6,7,3                                # reduction candidate for 6,7
I5: 6,7 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2.3895281934...39...1252.....83.3....75.2685..2...
I5: 3 => SOLVED
* 132479658847563291956281347413725869528196473769348125271854936394617582685932714
* PAIR H5: 6,7 COL H
H2: 6,7,1,9                              # reduction candidate for 6,7
H2: 6,7                                  # 17 pairs
H2: 1,9                                  #  9 pairs
* PAIR C8: 1,4 BLK 7
B7: 1,4,7,9                              # reduction candidate for 1,4
B7: 1,4                                  # 11 pairs
C7: 1,4,7                                # reduction candidate for 1,4
C7: 1,4                                  # 10 pairs
B8: 1,4,9                                # reduction candidate for 1,4
B8: 1,4                                  # 12 pairs
* PAIR C8: 1,4 ROW 8
E8: 1,4,6,8                              # reduction candidate for 1,4
E8: 1,4                                  # 13 pairs
E8: 6,8                                  # 10 pairs
* PAIR C8: 1,4 COL C
C4: 1,4,3,6,7                            # reduction candidate for 1,4
C4: 1,4                                  # 19 pairs
C4: 3,6,7                                #  9 pairs
* PAIR D9: 3,9 COL D
D2: 3,9,2,5,6,8                          # reduction candidate for 3,9
D2: 3,9                                  # 10 pairs
D3: 3,9,2,5,6,8                          # reduction candidate for 3,9
D3: 3,9                                  # 10 pairs
* PAIR G9: 7,9 BLK 9
H9: 7,9,1                                # reduction candidate for 7,9
H9: 7,9                                  # 11 pairs
H9: 1                                    # 11 pairs
* PAIR G9: 7,9 COL G
G2: 7,9,2,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 7,9
G2: 7,9                                  # 11 pairs
G3: 7,9,2,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 7,9
G3: 7,9                                  # 11 pairs
* INCONCLUSIVE
* SAVE PR GRAPH xx-top95-022-base-pr-000.dot
* REASONING
* DIS # B6: 4,7 => CTR => B6: 3,6
* DIS # D4: 3,6 => CTR => D4: 5,7
* DIS # F4: 3,6 => CTR => F4: 4,5
* DIS # I5: 7 => CTR => I5: 3,6
* PRF # G4: 6,8 => SOL
* DIS # G4: 3 => CTR => G4: 6,8
* DIS # I5: 6,7 => CTR => I5: 3
* PRF # I5: 3 => SOL
* CNT   8 HDP CHAINS /  39 HYP OPENED

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* PREPARE PR GRAPH
* PAIR REDUCTION ..
* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 1 (AUTO SOLVE) (A1,A6,C8,D9,F5,G9,H4,H5)
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2...952819.4....9...1252......3.3....75.2685..2...
* PAIR A6: 4,7 BLK 4
A4: 4,7,1                                # reduction candidate for 4,7
A4: 4,7                                  # 17 pairs
B4: 4,7,1,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 4,7
B4: 4,7                                  # 19 pairs
C4: 4,7,1,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 4,7
C4: 4,7                                  # 22 pairs
B6: 4,7,3,6                              # reduction candidate for 4,7
B6: 4,7 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2...952819.4....9...1252......3.3....75.2685..2...
* PAIR A6: 4,7 COL A
A2: 4,7,8,9                              # reduction candidate for 4,7
A2: 4,7                                  # 16 pairs
A2: 8,9                                  # 10 pairs
* PAIR RESTART
* PAIR A6: 4,7 BLK 4
A4: 4,7,1                                # reduction candidate for 4,7
A4: 4,7                                  # 17 pairs
B4: 4,7,1,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 4,7
B4: 4,7                                  # 19 pairs
C4: 4,7,1,3,6                            # reduction candidate for 4,7
C4: 4,7                                  # 22 pairs
* PAIR A6: 4,7 COL A
A2: 4,7,8,9                              # reduction candidate for 4,7
A2: 4,7                                  # 16 pairs
A2: 8,9                                  # 10 pairs
* PAIR F5: 3,6 BLK 5
D4: 3,6,5,7                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
D4: 3,6 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....25..952819.4..4.97..1252....4.3.3....75.2685..2..4
F4: 3,6,4,5                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
F4: 3,6 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4....52...952819.4..4.97..1252....4.3.3....75.2685..2..4
D6: 3,6,7,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
D6: 3,6                                  # 13 pairs
E6: 3,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
E6: 3,6                                  # 14 pairs
F6: 3,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
F6: 3,6                                  # 22 pairs
* PAIR F5: 3,6 ROW 5
I5: 3,6,7                                # reduction candidate for 3,6
I5: 7 => CTR
* ..247..58..............1.4.....2.389528193467.39...1252.....8363....75.2685..2..4
* PAIR F5: 3,6 COL F
F1: 3,6,9                                # reduction candidate for 3,6
F1: 3,6                                  # 14 pairs
F2: 3,6,5,8,9                            # reduction candidate for 3,6
F2: 3,6                                  # 21 pairs
* PAIR RESTART
* PAIR F5: 3,6 BLK 5
D6: 3,6,7,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
D6: 3,6                                  # 14 pairs
E6: 3,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
E6: 3,6                                  # 15 pairs
F6: 3,6,4,8                              # reduction candidate for 3,6
F6: 3,6                                  # 23 pairs
* PAIR F5: 3,6 COL F
F1: 3,6,9                                # reduction candidate for 3,6
F1: 3,6                                  # 14 pairs
F2: 3,6,5,8,9                            # reduction candidate for 3,6
F2: 3,6                                  # 21 pairs
* PAIR H4: 6,8 BLK 6
G4: 6,8,3                                # reduction candidate for 6,8
G4: 6,8 => SOLVED
* 132479658847563291956281347413725869528196473769348125271854936394617582685932714
* DURATION: 0:00:20.096715  START: 23:20:17.484800  END: 23:20:37.581515 2017-05-03
* SOLUTION FOUND
* SAVE PR GRAPH xx-top95-022-base-pr-001.dot
* REASONING
* DIS # B6: 4,7 => CTR => B6: 3,6
* DIS B6: 3,6 # D4: 3,6 => CTR => D4: 5,7
* DIS B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 # F4: 3,6 => CTR => F4: 4,5
* DIS B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # I5: 7 => CTR => I5: 3,6
* PRF B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # G4: 6,8 => SOL
* STA B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 + G4: 6,8
* CNT   5 HDP CHAINS /  26 HYP OPENED

Header Info

Top 95 Sudokus 022
[sudoku:top95] “95 Hard Puzzles”, http://magictour.free.fr/top95, or http://norvig.com/top95.txt

Solution

position: 132479658847563291956281347413725869528196473769348125271854936394617582685932714 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 # A4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC # B4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC # C4: 4,7 => UNS
* DIS # B6: 4,7 => CTR => B6: 3,6
* INC # B6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC # A2: 4,7 => UNS
* INC # A2: 8,9 => UNS
* DIS # D4: 3,6 => CTR => D4: 5,7
* INC # D4: 5,7 => UNS
* DIS # F4: 3,6 => CTR => F4: 4,5
* INC # F4: 4,5 => UNS
* INC # D6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC # E6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC # F6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC # I5: 3,6 => UNS
* DIS # I5: 7 => CTR => I5: 3,6
* INC # F1: 3,6 => UNS
* INC # F2: 3,6 => UNS
* PRF # G4: 6,8 => SOL
* DIS # G4: 3 => CTR => G4: 6,8
* INC # H8: 6,8 => UNS
* INC # H8: 1,9 => UNS
* DIS # I5: 6,7 => CTR => I5: 3
* PRF # I5: 3 => SOL
* INC # H2: 6,7 => UNS
* INC # H2: 1,9 => UNS
* INC # B7: 1,4 => UNS
* INC # C7: 1,4 => UNS
* INC # B8: 1,4 => UNS
* INC # E8: 1,4 => UNS
* INC # E8: 6,8 => UNS
* INC # C4: 1,4 => UNS
* INC # C4: 3,6,7 => UNS
* INC # D2: 3,9 => UNS
* INC # D3: 3,9 => UNS
* INC # H9: 7,9 => UNS
* INC # H9: 1 => UNS
* INC # G2: 7,9 => UNS
* INC # G3: 7,9 => UNS
* CNT  39 HDP CHAINS /  39 HYP OPENED

A2. Pair Reduction

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* INC # A4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC # B4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC # C4: 4,7 => UNS
* DIS # B6: 4,7 => CTR => B6: 3,6
* INC B6: 3,6 # A2: 4,7 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 # A2: 8,9 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 # A4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 # B4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 # C4: 4,7 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 # A2: 4,7 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 # A2: 8,9 => UNS
* DIS B6: 3,6 # D4: 3,6 => CTR => D4: 5,7
* DIS B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 # F4: 3,6 => CTR => F4: 4,5
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # D6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # E6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # F6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # I5: 3,6 => UNS
* DIS B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 # I5: 7 => CTR => I5: 3,6
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # F1: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # F2: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # D6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # E6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # F6: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # F1: 3,6 => UNS
* INC B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # F2: 3,6 => UNS
* PRF B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 # G4: 6,8 => SOL
* STA B6: 3,6 + D4: 5,7 + F4: 4,5 + I5: 3,6 + G4: 6,8
* CNT  26 HDP CHAINS /  26 HYP OPENED