Thread - Prime Exotica - LMI Jan 2011 Sudoku Test

@ 2011-01-21 5:13 PM (#3212 - in reply to #3208) (#3212) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-21 5:13 PM

The points for grids are rough indicators of the difficulty level of the grid. However, your experience can vary.

For every sudoku grid, exactly 10 cells are marked as answer key.

I do hope that you find time to take and enjoy the test over the weekend. In case of any issues during the test, you can send PM/mail to me.

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@ 2011-01-22 2:18 PM (#3214 - in reply to #3212) (#3214) Top

Tejal Phatak

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Tejal Phatak posted @ 2011-01-22 2:18 PM

Really good set of puzzles..... Had a great time solving them!

I personally liked DNA Sudoku best but unfortunately could not submit the answer to it because of lack of few seconds...
Kombinance and Kid were enjoyable too...

Thanks for the test Rakesh, got to solve some new and really good variants! :)

@ 2011-01-22 2:34 PM (#3215 - in reply to #3146) (#3215) Top

Neeraj

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Neeraj posted @ 2011-01-22 2:34 PM

hey i guess mine "Poker Sudoku" solution is correct.
it says the solution is wrong.could you check it.
and ya in "Product Sudoku" i forgot to write 2 numbers in a hurry.
can't i get partial marking for that??

because of that my 2 solutions are given wrong

@ 2011-01-22 2:58 PM (#3216 - in reply to #3146) (#3216) Top

Neeraj

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Neeraj posted @ 2011-01-22 2:58 PM

i am not able to view the scores of other people who have completed the test.

Edited by rakesh_rai
Removed some explicit references to puzzle grids

@ 2011-01-22 3:05 PM (#3218 - in reply to #3216) (#3218) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-22 3:05 PM

Neeraj: All sudoku grids are correct. There are no missing numbers or images in any grid. Also, request you to discuss specific queries on any grids after the test.

@ 2011-01-22 3:13 PM (#3220 - in reply to #3215) (#3220) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 3:13 PM

Neeraj - 2011-01-22 2:34 PM

hey i guess mine "Poker Sudoku" solution is correct.
it says the solution is wrong.could you check it.
and ya in "Product Sudoku" i forgot to write 2 numbers in a hurry.
can't i get partial marking for that??

because of that my 2 solutions are given wrong

Neeraj:

Your poker sudoku solution is incorrect.
In product sudoku, you were very close - in fact, you missed entering only one digit in the answer key. Sorry to say that we cannot award any partial marks.

@ 2011-01-22 3:19 PM (#3221 - in reply to #3216) (#3221) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 3:19 PM

Neeraj - 2011-01-22 2:58 PM

i am not able to view the scores of other people who have completed the test.

You should be able to view your results after you complete the test.

@ 2011-01-22 6:20 PM (#3223 - in reply to #3146) (#3223) Top

Ours brun

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Ours brun posted @ 2011-01-22 6:20 PM

Thanks for this nice test Rakesh. I must admit that I wasn't completely enthousiast about some of the puzzles, which rules did not seem very interesting to me, but you exploited them well and I really had pleasure today.

Only 10 puzzles solved out on 13 because of, as usual, lots of mistakes - and also a printing problem. But no big deal, I came for fun and fun was there.

See you all on next LMI test,

Bastien

@ 2011-01-22 7:09 PM (#3224 - in reply to #3146) (#3224) Top

aldentea

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aldentea posted @ 2011-01-22 7:09 PM

At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)?

@ 2011-01-22 7:25 PM (#3225 - in reply to #3224) (#3225) Top

Fred76

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Fred76 posted @ 2011-01-22 7:25 PM

aldentea - 2011-01-22 7:09 PM

At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)?

I think you're right, little mistake in the IB...

@ 2011-01-22 7:27 PM (#3226 - in reply to #3146) (#3226) Top

giagiax

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giagiax posted @ 2011-01-22 7:27 PM

help!!!! la password??????????

@ 2011-01-22 7:40 PM (#3227 - in reply to #3224) (#3227) Top

rajeshk

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rajeshk posted @ 2011-01-22 7:40 PM

aldentea - 2011-01-22 7:09 PM

At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)?

I also think that 4th row clue should be 5664

@ 2011-01-22 7:51 PM (#3228 - in reply to #3227) (#3228) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 7:51 PM

rajeshk - 2011-01-22 7:40 PM

aldentea - 2011-01-22 7:09 PM
At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)?

I also think that 4th row clue should be 5664

aldentea, rajeshk: You are absolutely right! The kid made a mistake

@ 2011-01-22 7:52 PM (#3229 - in reply to #3226) (#3229) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 7:52 PM

giagiax - 2011-01-22 7:27 PM

help!!!! la password??????????

the password will be displayed on the test page after you login and start the test.

@ 2011-01-23 12:50 AM (#3230 - in reply to #3146) (#3230) Top

DreamRose311

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DreamRose311 posted @ 2011-01-23 12:50 AM

I thought something was wrong with the online part, so I wasted the time downloading and opening the pdf to check and also see there were no errors. I thought the puzzle may have been messed up.

Otherwise, very fun competition as always!

Edited by rakesh_rai
Removed some explicit references to puzzle grids

@ 2011-01-23 12:59 AM (#3231 - in reply to #3223) (#3231) Top

purifire

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purifire posted @ 2011-01-23 12:59 AM

Great set of puzzles Rakesh... enjoyed them a lot .... :)

@ 2011-01-23 1:22 AM (#3232 - in reply to #3230) (#3232) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-23 1:22 AM

DreamRose311 - 2011-01-23 12:50 AM

I thought something was wrong with the online part, so I wasted the time downloading and opening the pdf to check and also see there were no errors. I thought the puzzle may have been messed up.

Otherwise, very fun competition as always!

As mentioned earlier, there is no missing number or image in any sudoku grid. Please discuss any grid specific queries after the test is over, or send a PM to the Author.

@ 2011-01-23 1:48 AM (#3234 - in reply to #3146) (#3234) Top

rakesh_rai

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rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-23 1:48 AM

Tejal Phatak - 2011-01-22 2:18 PM

Really good set of puzzles..... Had a great time solving them!
...
Thanks for the test Rakesh, got to solve some new and really good variants! :)

Ours brun - 2011-01-22 6:20 PM

Thanks for this nice test Rakesh....I really had pleasure today...I came for fun and fun was there

DreamRose311 - 2011-01-23 12:50 AM

...Otherwise, very fun competition as always!

purifire - 2011-01-23 12:59 AM

Great set of puzzles Rakesh... enjoyed them a lot .... :)

Thanks for taking the test and glad you enjoyed it !!!

@ 2011-01-23 12:08 PM (#3235 - in reply to #3146) (#3235) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-23 12:08 PM

There was an outage for about eight hours. The site is now back up and running. The problem is not expected to recur.

The test timing will be extended by 24 hours.

We'll individually contact those who were in the middle of the test when the site went down.

@ 2011-01-23 2:25 PM (#3238 - in reply to #3146) (#3238) Top

bothrasumit

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bothrasumit posted @ 2011-01-23 2:25 PM

Thanx Rakesh... amazing set of puzzles... had gr8 fun... quite tricky...
And made some silly mistake in understanding t

@ 2011-01-23 2:39 PM (#3239 - in reply to #3146) (#3239) Top

neerajmehrotra

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neerajmehrotra posted @ 2011-01-23 2:39 PM

Really a grt set of puzzles, some of the puzzles really puzzled the brain...........
and nice to see sumit bothra back............

@ 2011-01-23 3:10 PM (#3240 - in reply to #3235) (#3240) Top

radekivv

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radekivv posted @ 2011-01-23 3:10 PM

Administrator - 2011-01-23 1:08 AM

There was an outage for about eight hours. The site is now back up and running. The problem is not expected to recur.

The test timing will be extended by 24 hours.

We'll individually contact those who were in the middle of the test when the site went down.

Does it mean that it will be possible to solve the puzzles till Monday? It still shows on the submisison page that the puzzles have to be submitted by Sunday evening (U.S. Central time). Thanks, Radek

@ 2011-01-23 3:15 PM (#3241 - in reply to #3240) (#3241) Top

Administrator

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Administrator posted @ 2011-01-23 3:15 PM

radekivv - 2011-01-23 3:10 PM
Does it mean that it will be possible to solve the puzzles till Monday? It still shows on the submisison page that the puzzles have to be submitted by Sunday evening (U.S. Central time). Thanks, Radek

Yes, it is possible to solve till 24-Jan-2011 11:59:59 PM GMT
Changed the timings accordingly in the submission page.

@ 2011-01-23 3:22 PM (#3242 - in reply to #3146) (#3242) Top

channa

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channa posted @ 2011-01-23 3:22 PM

hey... It was nicely prepared.

Edited by rakesh_rai
Removed some explicit references to puzzle grids

@ 2011-01-23 9:42 PM (#3245 - in reply to #3146) (#3245) Top

tamz29

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tamz29 posted @ 2011-01-23 9:42 PM

Firstly, congratulations on the puzzle set, I like the presentation a lot.
Secondly, while I was entering solutions - the grids came up with 'try again' when I clicked 'show cells to fill' - hence, I had to type all numbers in since I was solving on paper - luckily, this restored when I had about 15 minutes left. Any ideas what happened?
Thirdly, I re-checked the Numerologidoku and still can't figure out where I went wrong.

Great puzzles, a superb debut from Rakesh. Congratulations once again.


	@ 2011-01-21 5:13 PM (#3212 - in reply to #3208) (#3212) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-21 5:13 PM The points for grids are rough indicators of the difficulty level of the grid. However, your experience can vary. For every sudoku grid, exactly 10 cells are marked as answer key. I do hope that you find time to take and enjoy the test over the weekend. In case of any issues during the test, you can send PM/mail to me. (pe.jpg) Attachments ---------------- pe.jpg (43KB - 3 downloads)
	@ 2011-01-22 2:18 PM (#3214 - in reply to #3212) (#3214) Top
Tejal Phatak Posts: 81 Country : India	Tejal Phatak posted @ 2011-01-22 2:18 PM Really good set of puzzles..... Had a great time solving them! I personally liked DNA Sudoku best but unfortunately could not submit the answer to it because of lack of few seconds... Kombinance and Kid were enjoyable too... Thanks for the test Rakesh, got to solve some new and really good variants! :)
	@ 2011-01-22 2:34 PM (#3215 - in reply to #3146) (#3215) Top
Neeraj Posts: 12 Country : India	Neeraj posted @ 2011-01-22 2:34 PM hey i guess mine "Poker Sudoku" solution is correct. it says the solution is wrong.could you check it. and ya in "Product Sudoku" i forgot to write 2 numbers in a hurry. can't i get partial marking for that?? because of that my 2 solutions are given wrong
	@ 2011-01-22 2:58 PM (#3216 - in reply to #3146) (#3216) Top
Neeraj Posts: 12 Country : India	Neeraj posted @ 2011-01-22 2:58 PM i am not able to view the scores of other people who have completed the test. Edited by rakesh_rai Removed some explicit references to puzzle grids
	@ 2011-01-22 3:05 PM (#3218 - in reply to #3216) (#3218) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-22 3:05 PM Neeraj: All sudoku grids are correct. There are no missing numbers or images in any grid. Also, request you to discuss specific queries on any grids after the test.
	@ 2011-01-22 3:13 PM (#3220 - in reply to #3215) (#3220) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 3:13 PM Neeraj - 2011-01-22 2:34 PM hey i guess mine "Poker Sudoku" solution is correct. it says the solution is wrong.could you check it. and ya in "Product Sudoku" i forgot to write 2 numbers in a hurry. can't i get partial marking for that?? because of that my 2 solutions are given wrong Neeraj: Your poker sudoku solution is incorrect. In product sudoku, you were very close - in fact, you missed entering only one digit in the answer key. Sorry to say that we cannot award any partial marks.
	@ 2011-01-22 3:19 PM (#3221 - in reply to #3216) (#3221) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 3:19 PM Neeraj - 2011-01-22 2:58 PM i am not able to view the scores of other people who have completed the test. You should be able to view your results after you complete the test.
	@ 2011-01-22 6:20 PM (#3223 - in reply to #3146) (#3223) Top
Ours brun Posts: 148 Country : France	Ours brun posted @ 2011-01-22 6:20 PM Thanks for this nice test Rakesh. I must admit that I wasn't completely enthousiast about some of the puzzles, which rules did not seem very interesting to me, but you exploited them well and I really had pleasure today. Only 10 puzzles solved out on 13 because of, as usual, lots of mistakes - and also a printing problem. But no big deal, I came for fun and fun was there. See you all on next LMI test, Bastien
	@ 2011-01-22 7:09 PM (#3224 - in reply to #3146) (#3224) Top
aldentea Posts: 10 Country : Japan	aldentea posted @ 2011-01-22 7:09 PM At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)?
	@ 2011-01-22 7:25 PM (#3225 - in reply to #3224) (#3225) Top
Fred76 Posts: 337 Country : Switzerland	Fred76 posted @ 2011-01-22 7:25 PM aldentea - 2011-01-22 7:09 PM At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)? I think you're right, little mistake in the IB...
	@ 2011-01-22 7:27 PM (#3226 - in reply to #3146) (#3226) Top
giagiax Posts: 1 Country : ITALY	giagiax posted @ 2011-01-22 7:27 PM help!!!! la password??????????
	@ 2011-01-22 7:40 PM (#3227 - in reply to #3224) (#3227) Top
rajeshk Posts: 542 Country : India	rajeshk posted @ 2011-01-22 7:40 PM aldentea - 2011-01-22 7:09 PM At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)? I also think that 4th row clue should be 5664
	@ 2011-01-22 7:51 PM (#3228 - in reply to #3227) (#3228) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 7:51 PM rajeshk - 2011-01-22 7:40 PM aldentea - 2011-01-22 7:09 PM At the example of KID sudoku, should the clue of 4th row be 5664(instead of 5655)? I also think that 4th row clue should be 5664 aldentea, rajeshk: You are absolutely right! The kid made a mistake
	@ 2011-01-22 7:52 PM (#3229 - in reply to #3226) (#3229) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-22 7:52 PM giagiax - 2011-01-22 7:27 PM help!!!! la password?????????? the password will be displayed on the test page after you login and start the test.
	@ 2011-01-23 12:50 AM (#3230 - in reply to #3146) (#3230) Top
DreamRose311 Posts: 24 Country : United States	DreamRose311 posted @ 2011-01-23 12:50 AM I thought something was wrong with the online part, so I wasted the time downloading and opening the pdf to check and also see there were no errors. I thought the puzzle may have been messed up. Otherwise, very fun competition as always! Edited by rakesh_rai Removed some explicit references to puzzle grids
	@ 2011-01-23 12:59 AM (#3231 - in reply to #3223) (#3231) Top
purifire Posts: 460 Country : India	purifire posted @ 2011-01-23 12:59 AM Great set of puzzles Rakesh... enjoyed them a lot .... :)
	@ 2011-01-23 1:22 AM (#3232 - in reply to #3230) (#3232) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-23 1:22 AM DreamRose311 - 2011-01-23 12:50 AM I thought something was wrong with the online part, so I wasted the time downloading and opening the pdf to check and also see there were no errors. I thought the puzzle may have been messed up. Otherwise, very fun competition as always! As mentioned earlier, there is no missing number or image in any sudoku grid. Please discuss any grid specific queries after the test is over, or send a PM to the Author.
	@ 2011-01-23 1:48 AM (#3234 - in reply to #3146) (#3234) Top
rakesh_rai Posts: 774 Country : India	rakesh_rai posted @ 2011-01-23 1:48 AM Tejal Phatak - 2011-01-22 2:18 PM Really good set of puzzles..... Had a great time solving them! ... Thanks for the test Rakesh, got to solve some new and really good variants! :) Ours brun - 2011-01-22 6:20 PM Thanks for this nice test Rakesh....I really had pleasure today...I came for fun and fun was there DreamRose311 - 2011-01-23 12:50 AM ...Otherwise, very fun competition as always! purifire - 2011-01-23 12:59 AM Great set of puzzles Rakesh... enjoyed them a lot .... :) Thanks for taking the test and glad you enjoyed it !!!
	@ 2011-01-23 12:08 PM (#3235 - in reply to #3146) (#3235) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-23 12:08 PM There was an outage for about eight hours. The site is now back up and running. The problem is not expected to recur. The test timing will be extended by 24 hours. We'll individually contact those who were in the middle of the test when the site went down.
	@ 2011-01-23 2:25 PM (#3238 - in reply to #3146) (#3238) Top
bothrasumit Posts: 43 Country : India	bothrasumit posted @ 2011-01-23 2:25 PM Thanx Rakesh... amazing set of puzzles... had gr8 fun... quite tricky... And made some silly mistake in understanding t
	@ 2011-01-23 2:39 PM (#3239 - in reply to #3146) (#3239) Top
neerajmehrotra Posts: 329 Country : India	neerajmehrotra posted @ 2011-01-23 2:39 PM Really a grt set of puzzles, some of the puzzles really puzzled the brain........... and nice to see sumit bothra back............
	@ 2011-01-23 3:10 PM (#3240 - in reply to #3235) (#3240) Top
radekivv Posts: 13 Country : United States	radekivv posted @ 2011-01-23 3:10 PM Administrator - 2011-01-23 1:08 AM There was an outage for about eight hours. The site is now back up and running. The problem is not expected to recur. The test timing will be extended by 24 hours. We'll individually contact those who were in the middle of the test when the site went down. Does it mean that it will be possible to solve the puzzles till Monday? It still shows on the submisison page that the puzzles have to be submitted by Sunday evening (U.S. Central time). Thanks, Radek
	@ 2011-01-23 3:15 PM (#3241 - in reply to #3240) (#3241) Top
Administrator Country : India	Administrator posted @ 2011-01-23 3:15 PM radekivv - 2011-01-23 3:10 PM Does it mean that it will be possible to solve the puzzles till Monday? It still shows on the submisison page that the puzzles have to be submitted by Sunday evening (U.S. Central time). Thanks, Radek Yes, it is possible to solve till 24-Jan-2011 11:59:59 PM GMT Changed the timings accordingly in the submission page.
	@ 2011-01-23 3:22 PM (#3242 - in reply to #3146) (#3242) Top
channa Posts: 7 Country : India	channa posted @ 2011-01-23 3:22 PM hey... It was nicely prepared. Edited by rakesh_rai Removed some explicit references to puzzle grids
	@ 2011-01-23 9:42 PM (#3245 - in reply to #3146) (#3245) Top
tamz29 Posts: 225 Country : Thailand	tamz29 posted @ 2011-01-23 9:42 PM Firstly, congratulations on the puzzle set, I like the presentation a lot. Secondly, while I was entering solutions - the grids came up with 'try again' when I clicked 'show cells to fill' - hence, I had to type all numbers in since I was solving on paper - luckily, this restored when I had about 15 minutes left. Any ideas what happened? Thirdly, I re-checked the Numerologidoku and still can't figure out where I went wrong. Great puzzles, a superb debut from Rakesh. Congratulations once again.