Friday, June 13, 2008

A Puzzle Of A Puzzle

I've been doing AgileBoy's online Zengaku puzzle every day (as has Vicki), and I've also been trying to figure out how you'd algorithmically determine which ones are harder and which are easier (because as you do them, it becomes apparent how much variance there is). Since I tend to use the 2-cell blocks to get started, I figured the number of them might be a factor. Vicki mentioned tonight that the connector circles are another factor, as the more of the 2-cell blocks that have connectors (meaning that you know the 2 numbers making up that total are consecutive), the easier it is to get started. But I'm definitely not seeing the whole solution.

Anyone else have any ideas?

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