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Singer Surmise (Posted on 2022-03-31) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Consider this alphametic:
U + (GO)*(AN) = GIGG
If I told you what I stood for, you would be able to tell me all the other letters.
234 8688 represents the name of a famous English singer, comedian, and actor.
Find it.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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computer exploration | Comment 4 of 14 |
clearvars,clc
solnSet=[]
ival=zeros(1,10);
alpha='u+go*an==gigg';
ltrs='ugoani';
num1=nchoosek('0123456789',6);
for i=1:length(num1)
   num2=perms(num1(i,:));
   for j=1:length(num2)
      nums=num2(j,:); 
      eq=alpha;
      for k=1:6
         eq=strrep(eq,ltrs(k),nums(k));
      end
      if eval(eq)==true
         ival(str2num(eq(end-2))+1)=ival(str2num(eq(end-2))+1)+1;
         disp(eq) 
         solnSet=[solnSet ; eq ];
      end
   end
end
solnSet=sortrows(solnSet,11);
disp(' ')
disp(solnSet)

finds the solution set (grouped by value of I):

3+14*72==1011
3+12*84==1011
4+19*53==1011
3+18*56==1011
8+17*59==1011
2+47*86==4044
9+36*84==3033
7+34*89==3033

8+04*23==0100
6+02*47==0100
8+02*46==0100
5+34*92==3133
3+56*92==5155
5+29*73==2122

8+03*64==0200
7+14*86==1211
5+18*67==1211

6+07*42==0300
0+27*86==2322
6+15*87==1311
1+67*95==6366

0+17*83==1411  <-< I=4 has this unique solution
8+07*56==0400       if leading zeros are not allowed

2+06*83==0500
4+08*62==0500
0+26*97==2522
0+67*98==6566
7+16*94==1511  <-< Of the I=5 solutions, this one beomes
                     unique if 0 by itself is disallowed also




0+17*83==1411
U GO AN  GIGG

234 8688
 NI A AA
 
Trying if not even zero by itself is allowed: 
 
7+16*94==1511
U GO AN  GIGG
234 8688
  N  O
  
but still no sensible solution.  Perhaps we could add fitting letters other than U, G, O, A, G, and I to the unassigned digits.

Added:

I see in previous comments the name KEN DODD. That fits the situation where no leading zeros are allowed; even zero by itself is disallowed and the alphametic solution is 7+16*94=1511.

Edited on March 31, 2022, 11:45 am
  Posted by Charlie on 2022-03-31 11:32:22

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