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@ 2018-04-07 4:16 PM (#24665 - in reply to #24633) (#24665) Top

Joe Average



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Joe Average posted @ 2018-04-07 4:16 PM

Riad Khanmagomedov - 2018-04-03 3:21 PM

Para - 2018-04-03 7:00 PM

For 10. Does minimum mean the amount of digits or the sum of their values?

For 11. Can you place a black triangle in a given cell with a triangle to turn it into a fully black cell?

10. Minimize the sum by using fewer digits.

11. Yes.


Questions for 11:
Could one also place two triangles in an entirely white cell, turning it entirely black?
And if so, would you name the two trinagles as A and D or as B and ?

Also, in what order are the tringales to be given in the solution code? If it's in order of the path (as the example seems to imply) then where/how would one put in the triangles creating a full black cell, as the path doesn't visit them ?

Edited by Joe Average 2018-04-07 4:29 PM
@ 2018-04-07 7:25 PM (#24666 - in reply to #24577) (#24666) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2018-04-07 7:25 PM

Updated PB


An updated Puzzle Booklet is now available. The word "unique" is added to Puzzle #12

@ 2018-04-08 8:35 AM (#24667 - in reply to #24577) (#24667) Top

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deu posted @ 2018-04-08 8:35 AM

I'd like to know when this test will end.
PB mentions "not later than 24-00 (of Moscow time) April 11 2018", but the timer in the submission page indicates 24 hours before that.
@ 2018-04-08 3:21 PM (#24668 - in reply to #24663) (#24668) Top

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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2018-04-08 3:21 PM

yureklis - 2018-04-07 2:10 PM

Riad Khanmagomedov - 2018-04-05 1:40 PM

amitsowani - 2018-04-05 9:56 AM

Riad Khanmagomedov - 2018-04-04 1:21 PM

chaotic_iak - 2018-04-04 9:20 AM

In 11 can the ball cross its own path?

No.


So this translates to - each half white and fully white cell needs to be visited exactly once?

The white cell can be crossed twice. The path should not overlap with itself.


I don’t get it, can the road cross itself or not? Because your first answer is “No”, and the second one is “Yes”. Did you mean that a horizontal road segment and a vertical road segment can cross on a fully white cell? Are we talking about the 2017 April’s Opti-Roll puzzle; the road act same in here about crossing?

I understand the question as it is translated the translator. If the issue was not the word "own", I understood it clearly. The path can intersect itself (the fully white cell can be crossed twice), but the path should not overlap with itself.
@ 2018-04-08 3:43 PM (#24669 - in reply to #24665) (#24669) Top

Riad Khanmagomedov



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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2018-04-08 3:43 PM

Joe Average - 2018-04-07 4:16 PM

Riad Khanmagomedov - 2018-04-03 3:21 PM

Para - 2018-04-03 7:00 PM

For 10. Does minimum mean the amount of digits or the sum of their values?

For 11. Can you place a black triangle in a given cell with a triangle to turn it into a fully black cell?

10. Minimize the sum by using fewer digits.

11. Yes.


Questions for 11:
Could one also place two triangles in an entirely white cell, turning it entirely black?
And if so, would you name the two trinagles as A and D or as B and ?

Also, in what order are the tringales to be given in the solution code? If it's in order of the path (as the example seems to imply) then where/how would one put in the triangles creating a full black cell, as the path doesn't visit them ?

It's possible. The order in the solution code is arbitrary.
@ 2018-04-08 3:45 PM (#24670 - in reply to #24667) (#24670) Top

Riad Khanmagomedov



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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2018-04-08 3:45 PM

deu - 2018-04-08 8:35 AM

I'd like to know when this test will end.
PB mentions "not later than 24-00 (of Moscow time) April 11 2018", but the timer in the submission page indicates 24 hours before that.

As in the PB.
@ 2018-04-08 6:25 PM (#24671 - in reply to #24577) (#24671) Top

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-.ferchx.- posted @ 2018-04-08 6:25 PM

For 11:
It's possible N=0?
Then a route with lenght=2 and N=0, i.e., is better that other with lenght= 40 and N=1?

Edited by -.ferchx.- 2018-04-08 6:25 PM
@ 2018-04-09 2:56 PM (#24674 - in reply to #24671) (#24674) Top

Riad Khanmagomedov



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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2018-04-09 2:56 PM

-.ferchx.- - 2018-04-08 6:25 PM

For 11:
It's possible N=0?
Then a route with lenght=2 and N=0, i.e., is better that other with lenght= 40 and N=1?

A route must pass through all the white cells and half cells. If N=0, then the length of route cannot be 2 (this is much less than the number of white cells and white half-cells in the picture).
@ 2018-04-10 7:00 AM (#24676 - in reply to #24667) (#24676) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2018-04-10 7:00 AM

deu - 2018-04-08 8:35 AM

I'd like to know when this test will end.
PB mentions "not later than 24-00 (of Moscow time) April 11 2018", but the timer in the submission page indicates 24 hours before that.

Fixed the end time. It should show correct time now.
@ 2018-04-11 3:40 AM (#24689 - in reply to #24577) (#24689) Top

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Hugo posted @ 2018-04-11 3:40 AM

It is not possible at the moment to submit answers. The following message you get : "Answer can not be submitted after 11-Apr-2018 02:29:29 AM IST".
This should be : 12-Apr-2018.
@ 2018-04-11 1:53 PM (#24700 - in reply to #24689) (#24700) Top

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Administrator posted @ 2018-04-11 1:53 PM

Hugo - 2018-04-11 3:40 AM

It is not possible at the moment to submit answers. The following message you get : "Answer can not be submitted after 11-Apr-2018 02:29:29 AM IST".
This should be : 12-Apr-2018.
Please try now.
@ 2018-04-11 6:22 PM (#24704 - in reply to #24700) (#24704) Top

Hugo



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Hugo posted @ 2018-04-11 6:22 PM

Thanks, it is working now.
@ 2018-04-12 5:04 PM (#24715 - in reply to #24577) (#24715) Top

Riad Khanmagomedov



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Riad Khanmagomedov posted @ 2018-04-12 5:04 PM

Preliminary results have been announced. Congratulations to the new winner - Kosei, also Tomoya and Ken!

I would like to thank all the participants and everyone who helped with the Contest. Special thanks to Deb for making the checking of optimisers much easier and quicker!
@ 2018-04-12 5:26 PM (#24716 - in reply to #24577) (#24716) Top

-.ferchx.-



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-.ferchx.- posted @ 2018-04-12 5:26 PM

Thanks Riad Khanmagomedov. Excelent contest !!
@ 2018-04-12 7:11 PM (#24717 - in reply to #24716) (#24717) Top

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-.ferchx.- posted @ 2018-04-12 7:11 PM

-.ferchx.- - 2018-04-12 5:26 PM

Thanks Riad Khanmagomedov. Excelent contest !!


Edited by -.ferchx.- 2018-04-12 7:14 PM
@ 2018-04-13 7:04 AM (#24725 - in reply to #24577) (#24725) Top

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kiwijam posted @ 2018-04-13 7:04 AM

Oh dear, I didn't see this contest was happening. Is there a mailing list to announce contests I could join?
Congratulations to the winners!
@ 2018-04-14 5:20 PM (#24731 - in reply to #24577) (#24731) Top

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kousek-nebe posted @ 2018-04-14 5:20 PM

I would like to thank Riad for this contest, just amazing puzzles as usual. :-)
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