Audrey 2
(Published on 12. February 2025, 03:17 by Mr Toffee)
Normal Samurai Sudoku
Slow-Thermo
(O) Bulbs ≤ Tips ( I )
Digits mustn't decrease along thermometers from bulb to tip.
Try the puzzle here
Determining the flow is part of the puzzle.
Solution code: r1 c1-3 and c19-21 r21 c1-3 and c19-21 First row, first three digits and last three digits. Bottom row, first three digits and last three digits.
Comments
on 14. February 2025, 01:57 by pecha_berrie
WOW. I'm back again, and this time I've actually solved it! It took me probably four tries, and about 6 hours, but i wanted to see it through and im so glad I did! The thermos logic was much smoother than I initially thought. fantastic job!!
on 12. February 2025, 16:13 by pecha_berrie
Hello pecha_berrie,
I tried to introduce valves into these puzzles but people objected to the paint-by-numbers feel to it, so I took them out. :-)
The two bulbs you mention must converge at BRr1c3 < BRr2c3 but then...?
Don't forget that digits may repeat along the thermos, thereby adding another level of vagueness to the question of flow.
But what of TLr6c2 and TLr8c7, in this case, from TLr7c1 to TLr9c4 that flow must be worked out one way or the other.
Happy puzzling.
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So, in the case of certain thermos with more than one bulb (like the lines between the middle box's r5c9 and the bottom right box's r4c7), are the thermos then able to increase away from one bulb but then decrease again towards the other? Or am I misunderstanding the "flow" of the thermos?
on 12. February 2025, 06:39 by maxwork1113
yes.
