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Neighbors differ by even numbers (Posted on 2019-02-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Create a 3x3 matrix such that:
(i) Only 9 distinct primes are used.
(ii) All the 12 absolute differences between contiguous elements
are distinct even integers.
(iii)The highest prime in your matrix is as low as possible (hint: below 70).

Inspired by Jean Brette's puzzle.

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Some Thoughts Puzzle Thoughts Comment 2 of 2 |
Two of the valid arrangements are:
   
 ARRANGEMENT - 1            ARRANGEMENT - 2
      7     5      17                        11      13    17                
     11   29     13                         3       29      7
    19   13      23                        23        5     19


  Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-06-07 00:01:20
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