Bug 425172

Summary: Killer Sudoko with two valid solutions
Product: [Applications] ksudoku Reporter: randbass <rgb99>
Component: generalAssignee: Ian Wadham <iandw.au>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: kde-games-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.4.200780   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: Two valid solutions for game

Description randbass 2020-08-09 23:08:51 UTC
Created attachment 130740 [details]
Two valid solutions for game

This shows another game, I believe it is Killer Soduko, with two valid solutions
See attachment - game was played to the point where two valid solutions are apparent. Not a software bug, other than in game generation.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Ian Wadham 2020-08-10 03:52:12 UTC
In Tiny Killer (4x4) and Killer Sudoku (9x9) the 2x2 and 3x3 blocks in the grid each have to contain each digit exactly once, just as in Standard or Classic 4x4 and 9x9 Sudoku. In your attachment, the bottom-left 3x3 block has only one place where a 7 can go. The rest of the unique solution follows from that.

See also https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421713#c1 and https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421713#c4 for a fuller explanation.

Also the latest version of the KSudoku Handbook is due to be released this month. It has been updated to explain the finer points of all the variants available in KSudoku. Also you can see the raw source (docbook XML) at https://invent.kde.org/games/ksudoku/-/blob/master/doc/index.docbook. Lines 216 to 333 cover the variant KSudoku games.
Comment 2 Ian Wadham 2020-08-10 03:54:45 UTC
*** Bug 425155 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***