Monthly Archives: April 2014

HM and SK Loops of the HM Easter Monster

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Sudent

Hanson and Marans’ four slink loops were derived by the “double nasty” trial loops of the previous post. Here we follow up on two rounds of removals. The identical “opening volley” is obtained by the corresponding SK loop, also displayed … Continue reading →

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The Hanson Marans Easter Monster

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Sudent

This post begins a review of a web article by Bob Hanson and Dave Marans posted in March of 2008, entitled Solution of the Easter Monster Puzzle: Formal Logic and Number Pair Chains. The puzzle contains an SK loop, but … Continue reading →

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The Easter Monster Falls

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Sudent

This post carries out the last remaining cluster merge trial, blue-to-purple, to its conclusion, and solves the Easter Monster with the help of limited patterns developed in this blog. A red-to-maroon cluster merge was verified in the post of April … Continue reading →

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An Easter Monster Alibi Holds Up

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Sudent

This post carries out the blue/green color trials to confirm or deny the blue-to-yellow cluster merge in the Easter Monster. The blue-to-yellow trial has reached a point where the shell testimony of 1, 2, 6 and 7 is pinned down. … Continue reading →

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LPO Color Trials on the Easter Monster

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Sudent

Unable to merge the corner clusters of the Easter Monster left by the opening volley, the previous post put four possible cluster merges on the trial docket, working from the solving grid of post 3/18/14. This post disposes of two, … Continue reading →

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