Schrödinger 303: S-Duality
(Published on 9. September 2024, 17:30 by ViKingPrime)
PUZZLE:
RULES:
"Normal"
Schrödinger rules apply.
(
i.e. place the digits 0 through 7 once each in every row, column and region;
two of the digits will have to share a Schrödinger Cell;
each row and column - but not necessarily region -
contains exactly one Schrödinger Cell;
the value of a cell is the sum of the digits it contains).
•
Kropki: White dots separate two cells containing consecutive
values (
not all dots are given).
•
Givens: Numbers in the grid are given digits.
MODIFIERS:
•
Chaos Construction: Divide the grid into 7 regions of orthogonally connected cells (
regions may have different sizes).
The value in a
Circle is equal to the number of S-cells in its region (
all Circles are given).
•
Yin-and-Yang: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected.
No 2x2 area may be fully shaded or fully unshaded.
Diamonds are a boundary between shaded and unshaded.
The value in a
Square is equal to the number of cells in its region matching its own shading (or unshading) (
all Squares are given).
INTRODUCTION:
This puzzle was not made by
gdc but may as well have been... this was part of
Scojo's most recent setting prompt where setters were required to imitate another setter's style.
Let me know if you can tell the difference!
Here are some puzzles from other setters using a similar constraint:
"
Quantum Chaos"
by gdc
Have fun!
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The
Schrödinger Series
Starter:
Intermediate:
Advanced:
Watch Wenchang Lu
Solution code: The digits in Squares (including any Schrödinger cells, smaller digit first), left-to-right, top-to-bottom.
Last changed on on 14. September 2024, 21:37
Solved by gdc, SKORP17, cybers, marcmees, bansalsaab, oskode, lmdemasi, jkuo7, giladooshlon, erml, Paletron, tweak42, palpot, amarins, wenchang, peacherwu2, dogfarts, meixia, Scojo, ZornsLemon, vorash00, KyubiBoy, Mr_tn
Comments
on 14. September 2024, 07:02 by wenchang
Nice! Spoiler alert. https://youtu.be/5z8Oh1N5qis
on 13. September 2024, 21:24 by ViKingPrime
Updated authorship (I confess, 'twas me..).
on 10. September 2024, 18:57 by erml
Crazy good.
on 9. September 2024, 23:42 by oskode
Phew, fantastic but hard!
on 9. September 2024, 22:31 by marcmees
very nice. thanks
Last changed on 9. September 2024, 19:35on 9. September 2024, 19:34 by cybers
Great and challenging puzzle; definitely helped to have familiarized myself with the way S-cells and chaos region construction rules interact in gdc's puzzle. That plus yin yang, well - I didn't think it would work but it did! Loved the given digits especially, odd as that may be :)
on 9. September 2024, 17:49 by gdc
Very nice follow up to quantum chaos. Excellent job imitating me and bold choice to do so with my recent S-cells madness :)