Schrödinger's "Rat": Sudoku Perfection (And Comedy!)
1,400** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
The next Rat Run sudoku (no. 16) is up on deck today: Schrödinger's Rat by the extraordinary Marty Sears. This is the most popular series in the history of sudoku and it hard to overstate just how wonderful this collection of puzzles is. Every single one has been great but this might be the most jaw-dropping of all - Simon is almost crying at one point. Unmissable.
Play the puzzle at the link below:
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Rules:
SCHRODINGER CELLS:
Fill each row, column and box with the digits 0-9 once each. To make this possible, each row, column and box contains one Schrödinger cell, which contains two digits. The value of a Schrödinger cell is equal to the sum of its two digits.
AIM OF EXPERIMENT: Finkz the rat must reach the cupcake by finding a path through the maze. The path must not visit any cell more than once, cross itself, or pass through any thick maze walls.
As well as moving orthogonally, Finkz may move diagonally if there's a 2x2 space in which to do so, but may never pass diagonally through a round wall-spot on the corner of a cell.
BLACKCURRANTS: Two values separated by a blackcurrant have a 1:2 ratio.
ONE-WAY DOORS: Finkz may only pass directly through a purple arrow in the direction it is pointing. A purple arrow always points to the smaller of the two values it sits between.
TEST CONSTRAINT: In this experiment, dotted box borders divide the correct path into segments that each contain at least 2 cells. The values of two adjacent cells within the same segment always have the same difference, and this difference is unique for every segment. Eg: if a segment has a sequence of values 1, 3, 5, 7, then its 'same difference' is 2, and so no other segment may have a 'same difference' of 2.
The MATH+ Advent Calendar mentioned during the introduction is available here:
https://www.mathekalender.de/wp/
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** THIS WEEK'S STREAM **
We're continued our battle with the Caterdokupillar on Wednesday. It's the collection of nearly 200 linked 6x6 puzzles curated by Memeristor! You can watch again here:
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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀
0:00 Intro music & puzzle introduction
1:42 The Maths Advent Calendar
3:25 Our New Fog Sudoku App
3:43 New Sudoku Hunt incoming
4:16 Happy Birthdays etc
6:16 Rules
11:53 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking
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