Monthly Archives: October 2015

Hodoku Nice Loop Mythology

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Sudent

This post dismisses the Stephens/Hobiger theory of cell links, propogation rules, and loop closing rules as unnecessary and overcomplicated. It uses the first two Hodoku AIC ANL examples to demonstrate the alternative Sysudoku chain construction process. As a blogger, one … Continue reading →

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Hodoku X-chains on the X-panel

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Sudent

On this post, X-panel chain analysis is illustrated on a Hodoku example. Hobiger’s coverage of X-chains is shallow on fundamentals and distracted with named X-chains. Several X-chain highlights of the blog are recalled. Hodoku starts the chain types with X-chains. … Continue reading →

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Hodoku XY-Chains

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Sudent

As we explore Hodoku Chains and Loops (tech-chains.php) examples, here I contrast the premise starting, chain following school of Stephens/Hodoku, with the Sysudoku find-em-all technique of XY-rails. Also, a mathematically sensible order is suggested for remote pairs, as a Hodoku … Continue reading →

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Hodoku Chain Building

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Sudent

This post endorses Hodoku’s explanation of strong and weak links, regretfully confined to chains. His discussions of grouping and ALS nodes are supplemented for completeness. Hodoku graphic representation of chains by cell shading and candidate coloring is seen to be … Continue reading →

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