Analysis of xx-top500-063-base.sdk

Contents

Original Sudoku

level: medium

Original Sudoku

position: ....5..8.6.....2...1..3....2..7..4..3.8..............1..5....3..4.6........1..... initial

Autosolve

position: ....513866.3...21..1..36...2.17..4.33.8514......3..8.1..5....3..4.6.3....3.1.5... autosolve
Autosolve

Pair Reduction Variants

Pair Reduction Analysis

Pair Reduction Analysis

The following important HDP chains were detected:

* DIS # E4: 8,9 => CTR => E4: 6
* DIS # E6: 6 => CTR => E6: 2,9
* CNT   2 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 # E4: 8,9 => CTR => E4: 6
* PRF E4: 6 # C1: 2,7 => SOL
* STA E4: 6 + C1: 2,7
* CNT   2 HDP CHAINS /   4 HYP OPENED

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

Details

Positions

....5..8.6.....2...1..3....2..7..4..3.8..............1..5....3..4.6........1..... initial
....513866.3...21..1..36...2.17..4.33.8514......3..8.1..5....3..4.6.3....3.1.5... autosolve
427951386653847219819236574291768453368514927574392861185479632742683195936125748 solved

Classification

level: medium

Pairing Analysis

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* PAIRS (4)
B2: 5,8
A3: 5,8
F4: 8,9
F6: 2,9

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* CONSTRAINT PAIRS (AUTO SOLVE)
A7,A8: 1.. / A7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*) / A8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X)
G7,G8: 1.. / G7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / G8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
A7,G7: 1.. / A7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (*) / G7 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X)
A8,G8: 1.. / A8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (X) / G8 = 1  =>  0 pairs (_)
D1,D3: 2.. / D1 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X) / D3 = 2  =>  0 pairs (_)
E6,F6: 2.. / E6 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X) / F6 = 2  =>  4 pairs (_)
H5,I5: 2.. / H5 = 2  =>  6 pairs (_) / I5 = 2  =>  4 pairs (_)
C3,D3: 2.. / C3 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X) / D3 = 2  =>  0 pairs (_)
B1,B7: 2.. / B1 = 2  =>  0 pairs (*) / B7 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X)
F6,F7: 2.. / F6 = 2  =>  4 pairs (_) / F7 = 2  =>  0 pairs (X)
A6,C6: 4.. / A6 = 4  =>  0 pairs (X) / C6 = 4  =>  0 pairs (_)
A1,A6: 4.. / A1 = 4  =>  0 pairs (*) / A6 = 4  =>  0 pairs (X)
H3,H9: 4.. / H3 = 4  =>  7 pairs (_) / H9 = 4  =>  6 pairs (_)
B2,A3: 5.. / B2 = 5  =>  0 pairs (*) / A3 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X)
H4,H6: 5.. / H4 = 5  =>  5 pairs (_) / H6 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X)
G8,I8: 5.. / G8 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X) / I8 = 5  =>  0 pairs (_)
B2,I2: 5.. / B2 = 5  =>  0 pairs (*) / I2 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X)
B4,H4: 5.. / B4 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X) / H4 = 5  =>  5 pairs (_)
A3,A6: 5.. / A3 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X) / A6 = 5  =>  0 pairs (_)
G3,G8: 5.. / G3 = 5  =>  0 pairs (*) / G8 = 5  =>  0 pairs (X)
E4,E6: 6.. / E4 = 6  =>  8 pairs (_) / E6 = 6  =>  0 pairs (X)
B7,C9: 6.. / B7 = 6  =>  0 pairs (X) / C9 = 6  =>  0 pairs (_)
B7,G7: 6.. / B7 = 6  =>  0 pairs (X) / G7 = 6  =>  0 pairs (_)
C6,C9: 6.. / C6 = 6  =>  0 pairs (X) / C9 = 6  =>  0 pairs (_)
E2,F2: 7.. / E2 = 7  =>  6 pairs (_) / F2 = 7  =>  4 pairs (_)
F2,F7: 7.. / F2 = 7  =>  4 pairs (_) / F7 = 7  =>  6 pairs (_)
B2,A3: 8.. / B2 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X) / A3 = 8  =>  0 pairs (_)
E4,F4: 8.. / E4 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X) / F4 = 8  =>  5 pairs (_)
A3,D3: 8.. / A3 = 8  =>  0 pairs (*) / D3 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X)
B2,B7: 8.. / B2 = 8  =>  0 pairs (X) / B7 = 8  =>  0 pairs (_)
* DURATION: 0:00:54.975890  START: 04:47:03.496497  END: 04:47:58.472387 2017-05-04
* CP COUNT: (30)
* SOLUTION FOUND

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* PREPARE PR GRAPH
* PAIR REDUCTION ..
* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 1 (AUTO SOLVE) (A3,B2,F4,F6)
* ....513866.3...21..1..36...2.17..4.33.8514......3..8.1..5....3..4.6.3....3.1.5...
* PAIR F4: 8,9 BLK 5
E4: 8,9,6                                # reduction candidate for 8,9
E4: 8,9 => CTR
* 4279513866538.721981..365..2.17..4533.8514.625.43628.1185.2.63..426831.5.361.5.28
E4: 6                                    #  8 pairs
* PAIR F4: 8,9 COL F
F2: 8,9,7                                # reduction candidate for 8,9
F2: 8,9                                  #  6 pairs
F7: 8,9,2,7                              # reduction candidate for 8,9
F7: 8,9                                  #  5 pairs
* PAIR F6: 2,9 BLK 5
E6: 2,9,6                                # reduction candidate for 2,9
E6: 6 => CTR
* 4279513866538.721981..365..2.17..4533.8514.625.43628.1185.2.63..426831.5.361.5.28
E6: 2,9                                  #  8 pairs
* PAIR F6: 2,9 COL F
F7: 2,9,7,8                              # reduction candidate for 2,9
F7: 7,8                                  #  5 pairs
F7: 2,9                                  #  5 pairs
* INCONCLUSIVE
* SAVE PR GRAPH xx-top500-063-base-pr-000.dot
* REASONING
* DIS # E4: 8,9 => CTR => E4: 6
* DIS # E6: 6 => CTR => E6: 2,9
* CNT   2 HDP CHAINS /   8 HYP OPENED

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* PREPARE PR GRAPH
* PAIR REDUCTION ..
* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 1 (AUTO SOLVE) (A3,B2,F4,F6)
* ....513866.3...21..1..36...2.17..4.33.8514......3..8.1..5....3..4.6.3....3.1.5...
* PAIR F4: 8,9 BLK 5
E4: 8,9,6                                # reduction candidate for 8,9
E4: 8,9 => CTR
* 4279513866538.721981..365..2.17..4533.8514.625.43628.1185.2.63..426831.5.361.5.28
* PAIR F6: 2,9 COL F
F7: 2,9,7                                # reduction candidate for 2,9
F7: 7                                    # 12 pairs
F7: 2,9                                  #  8 pairs

* LEVEL 0 PASS 1 ROUND 2 (AUTO SOLVE) (A3,B1,B2,B4,E6,F2,F6,H4)
* ....513866.3...21..1..36...2.17684.33.8514......3..8.1..5....3..4.6.3....3.1.5...
* PAIR B1: 2,7 BLK 1
C1: 2,7,4,9                              # reduction candidate for 2,7
C1: 2,7 => SOLVED
* 427951386653847219819236574291768453368514927574392861185479632742683195936125748
* DURATION: 0:00:06.719497  START: 04:48:06.414092  END: 04:48:13.133589 2017-05-04
* SOLUTION FOUND
* SAVE PR GRAPH xx-top500-063-base-pr-001.dot
* REASONING
* DIS # E4: 8,9 => CTR => E4: 6
* PRF E4: 6 # C1: 2,7 => SOL
* STA E4: 6 + C1: 2,7
* CNT   2 HDP CHAINS /   4 HYP OPENED

Header Info

Top 500 Minimum 17 063

solution: 427951386653847219819236574291768453368514927574392861185479632742683195936125748
info: 1440     FNBHXY   S8.f     4779

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

Solution

position: 427951386653847219819236574291768453368514927574392861185479632742683195936125748 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:

* DIS # E4: 8,9 => CTR => E4: 6
* INC # E4: 6 => UNS
* INC # F2: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # F7: 8,9 => UNS
* INC # E6: 2,9 => UNS
* DIS # E6: 6 => CTR => E6: 2,9
* INC # F7: 2,9 => UNS
* INC # F7: 7,8 => UNS
* CNT   8 HDP CHAINS /   8 HYP OPENED

A2. Pair Reduction

Full list of HDP chains traversed:

* DIS # E4: 8,9 => CTR => E4: 6
* INC E4: 6 # F7: 2,9 => UNS
* INC E4: 6 # F7: 7 => UNS
* PRF E4: 6 # C1: 2,7 => SOL
* STA E4: 6 + C1: 2,7
* CNT   4 HDP CHAINS /   4 HYP OPENED