Missing bulb thermos
(Published on 14. November 2021, 17:50 by rodger)
The rules are the same for both:
- normal sudoku rules
- thermo sudoku rules
- additionnaly, the bulbs are missing and have to be placed by the solver. Exactly one bulb has to be placed on each line.
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yhly5v9m
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yhqybdqc
Solution code: column 4 of the second puzzle (6 digits)
Comments
on 3. December 2021, 18:48 by uvo_mod
Labels ergänzt.
on 15. November 2021, 20:44 by DiMono
The way it can have two bulbs is if they're on both ends of the lines. Swap all 1s and 6s, all 2s and 5s, and all 3s and 4s, and you get another valid solution where each line can have two bulbs that meet in the middle.
That aside, it is an enjoyable exercise. Thank you for setting it.
on 15. November 2021, 18:26 by SKORP17
bei mehreren Bulbs gäbe es mehrere korrekte Thermos auf einer Linie
on 15. November 2021, 11:30 by AlbeyAmakiir
My first solve on this site, and an enjoyable one! :)
Hadn't thought about the missing bulb variant being used in this way before. (Though, to be fair, I have only played one other.)
on 15. November 2021, 09:24 by rodger
"exactly one bulb on each line" clarification.
on 15. November 2021, 09:21 by rodger
Thanks for the feedbacks.
I have added the "only one bulb on each line" detail.
However, I really do not see how one could put two (or more) bulbs on one single line and obtain a correct thermo.
on 15. November 2021, 08:11 by DiMono
Without a rule to specify that each line has only one bulb, these puzzles technically have multiple answers.
on 15. November 2021, 08:07 by gbrljt
These puzzles have multiple answers, having no disambiguating rules on where the tips of the thermos are allowed/not allowed to be.
on 15. November 2021, 01:33 by obi
This was a really nice little exercise! Haven't seen the missing bulbs before, was fun to explore a new constraint.
on 14. November 2021, 18:35 by SKORP17
Das Rätsel ist nicht eindeutig, da nicht klar definiert ist, wie viele Bulbs jeweils auf den Linien vorhanden sein dürfen.
In einem 6*6 grid dürfen doch wohl nur die Ziffern 1-6 vorhanden sein
