真笑Puzzles047--Chaos Construction--Su Qin001
(Published on 20. March 2022, 11:09 by cdwg2000)
Author: 真笑(洪卫华), from China, this question comes from his personal blog.
Chaos Construction--ZhangYi
This puzzle is a variant of a Wall Sudoku puzzle. Chaos Construction--ZhangYi005.
1. Divide the grid into orthogonal connected areas, and write a number from 1 to 6 and a pentagram in each cell, so that each row, column, and region contains exactly one number from 1 to 6 and a pentagram;
2.Draw a white dot between all orthogonally adjacent cells of the same region that contain consecutive numbers. Some of these dots are already given;
3. The pentagram represents any number, which means that it is continuous with any number.
4. Each given clue in the grid is arranged by two numbers in ascending order. A number corresponds to the number of cells plus the number of white dots seen in a row. The other number corresponds to the number of cells plus the number of white dots that appear in that column. The clue cell itself is included (in both counts). All possible white dots are counted, whether given or not. The boundary of the district blocks the view. In addition, a number of the clue must correspond to a number in the cell with the clue;
5. All possible number clues are given.
In the sample, R2C5(33) cell is filled with a pentagram, which is continuous with R1C5 and R2C6, so white dots need to be added to separate it. In this way, three cells can be seen in both horizontal and vertical directions, and each cell contains one white dot.
R4C1 (26), indicating that 2 cells can be seen in the horizontal direction and 6 cells can be seen in the vertical direction. The visible cell in the vertical direction contains 2 unmarked white dots.
Click enter Penpa+Checks only for numbers, 0 stands for the pentagram.Thanks Dandelo
Su Qin (? - 284 BC), the word Jizi, was born in Luoyang, Henan Province. He was a famous strategist, diplomat and strategist in the Warring States period. His representative work Su Zi.
Solution code: Row 4, Column 5.(The pentagram is replaced by the number 0，Sample, Row 3 + Row 4, the answer is: 321045250413.)
Comments
on 17. April 2023, 12:13 by Yann
Very nice puzzle, I enjoyed the first deduction, and the negative constraint's use. Congratulations on this being the easiest 100% in the portal.
Also, are there any other puzzles with this ruleset ?
Edit : I saw there's another, I'll try and solve it
on 20. March 2022, 13:30 by Dandelo
And something completely different: Do Chinese authorities block the URL shorteners?
In China, some network services are restricted, including short links.
on 20. March 2022, 13:23 by Dandelo
Very nice. And quite easy. I suppose the next ones will be much harder. But it's a good introduction to the pentagram rule.
But I agree to marcmees that the rules aren't clear. I've understood them from the example. More like an instructionless.
BTW, I think this kind of chaos construction seems to be widely accepted. Maybe it should get a more special name? It has elements from cave and from consecutive.
And I wonder if pentagram is a good name. It acts like a joker in some card games.
BTW, it's similar to ibag's Irrwisch. Maybe it's also an idea to let the pentagram act as an Irrwisch.
on 20. March 2022, 13:19 by cdwg2000
Repaired txt.
on 20. March 2022, 13:13 by Steven R
Still having fun with this series, thanks cdwg2000!
on 20. March 2022, 13:12 by Dandelo
And with answer check:
https://tinyurl.com/yd6pqgg8
Checks only for numbers, 0 stands for the pentagram.
on 20. March 2022, 13:03 by cdwg2000
@marcmees
In theory, the cell fills in the pentagram
must not be prompt the number. This is not important!
on 20. March 2022, 12:56 by Dandelo
@marcmees: The pentagram is NOT REPLACED by a certain number. I'd consider it as an additional element, which fulfills the next-to-relation with any number.
A square with small numbers must contain either a pentagram or one of these numbers.
on 20. March 2022, 12:54 by cdwg2000
Added penpa+ short link,thanks Dandelo.
on 20. March 2022, 12:25 by Dandelo
https://tinyurl.com/ydfyx9y7
Short link, without answer check.
