Not a Parker Miracle
(Published on 5. September 2024, 23:43 by Basil)
Blashyrkh made a puzzle, called The Parker Miracle, referring to the (in)famous numberphile video about the Parker Square. So why is this not a Parker Miracle. It doesn't need the inequality sign to get a unique solution. The sign is only a catalyst. Without it though, there is no logical solving path (I could find.) So maybe it is a Parker Miracle, maybe it's just the treachery of words.
- normal Sudoku: Put the digits 1-9 once in each row, column and region.
- An inequality sign points to the lower digit.
- In each box, the box number is in its relative box position.
- Digits that equal the row number, equal the column number.
- Orthogonally adjacent digits are not consecutive.
Play in sudokupad
Solution code: Row 9
Solved by kkli, arteful, marcmees, SKORP17, Megalobrainiac, steperlich, lune, Nagesh, BeciaWieczko, jalebc, Julianl, Blake Saligia, Cialoh, addie, PippoForte, DiMono, Zzzyxas, Dentones
Comments
on 20. March 2025, 16:57 by DiMono
Either you know something the rest of us don't, or this is a much harder puzzle than you think it is. I would be interested in seeing the intended solution path.
on 28. October 2024, 13:47 by Blake Saligia
This inequality sign can be removed, after all there is no logical solving path
