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pnm
Posted on: Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:20 pm
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8x8 no-op with negative numbers
Accidentally created this one:
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pharosian
Posted on: Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:56 pm
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
-4 to 4, I presume?
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pnm
Posted on: Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:46 pm
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
pharosian wrote: -4 to 4, I presume? -4 to 4, now let me think...
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pharosian
Posted on: Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:26 am
Posts: 116 Joined: Sat May 14, 2011 3:18 am
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
I sense sarcasm there. But really, now that I think a bit more on it, a -4 to 4 puzzle would by 9x9, so what IS the range for this one? Or is figuring that out part of the puzzle?
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pnm
Posted on: Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:43 am
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
pharosian wrote: But really, now that I think a bit more on it, a -4 to 4 puzzle would by 9x9, so what IS the range for this one? Or is figuring that out part of the puzzle? I'm actually not 100% sure you can figure out the range from the puzzle, but my guess is it should be possible. Edit: looking at the puzzle, it's quite easy, there's a "-9" and a given "4". The 4 tells you the smallest possible negative number is -3, etc.
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nicow
Posted on: Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:48 am
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
I found a solution. Not sure if it is the only one.
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beaker
Posted on: Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:22 pm
Posts: 931 Location: Ladysmith, BC, Canada Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:37 am
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
Still not sure about the range of numbers used........is it obvious.........like -3 to +4?
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nicow
Posted on: Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:43 am
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
Yes, Beaker, that is the range I found too.
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clm
Posted on: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:35 pm
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
nicow wrote: Yes, Beaker, that is the range I found too. The solution I found is unique with respect to numbers I have considered but not unique with respect to operators, as usual in no-ops, in fact the cage "0" c1-c2-d1 admits up to 3 different operators (+, x, :). However I did not try "many" different sets of numbers, continuous of course, since I believe that actually the software is not able to generate puzzles with skipped numbers .
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pnm
Posted on: Fri May 01, 2015 8:43 am
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Re: 8x8 no-op with negative numbers
clm wrote: However I did not try "many" different sets of numbers, continuous of course, since I believe that actually the software is not able to generate puzzles with skipped numbers . That is correct. It is the next step for the software, puzzle with arbitrary sets of numbers
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