Thermo variant #14: Maximal Thermos
(Published on 12. October 2021, 14:00 by djorr)
Thermo Variant Series puzzles
If you enjoy "Maximal Thermos", I invite you to look at the others with the same (or similar) constraint:
14. Maximal Thermos
19. Maximal Thermos 2
21. All Maximal Thermos are Given
23. Incomplete Maximal Thermos
26. Maximal Thermos 3: Stubs
31. All Maximal Thermos are Given 2
35. Maximal Thermos 4ever
Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along thermometers increase from the bulb end.
Variant: The thermos in the grid are maximal thermos. This means two things:
(1) the digit in the bulb equals the length of the thermo
(2) the tip of the thermo cannot be extended by a king's move to a non-thermo cell to create a larger thermo.
For example, if r7c4 = 8, then r7c3, r6c4, r6c5, r7c5, r8c5 all cannot equal 9.
F-puzzles link: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yxhhwho7
CTC link: https://tinyurl.com/22ww7a2c
Solution code: Row 4 Column 4 (18 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 16. October 2021, 17:50 by tsc
Very cool variant, loved the genuine logic and the resulting sudoku deductions too.
Looking forward to Maximal Thermo 2!!
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Thanks tsc!! I really appreciate your compliments! The real cool/toughie ones coming up are "all maximal thermos are given" and "incomplete maximal thermos"! Hopefully they will pass CTC discord testing in November :)
on 14. October 2021, 02:36 by twototenth
Nice work! I particularly enjoyed the closing logic.
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Thanks for the solve and compliment twototenth! I agree, the ending logic is nice (though I am a bit biased) :)
on 12. October 2021, 19:06 by SKORP17
Trotz des Beispiels begreife ich Regel 2 nicht, soll das heissen, dass eine nicht Thermo-Zelle, die einen Königszug entfernt ist, nicht grösser sein darf?
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Richtig. und die Regel gilt nur für die Spitze der Thermos.
on 12. October 2021, 15:58 by djorr
added an example
