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Sequence Fill In 2 (Posted on 2007-11-30) Difficulty: 3 of 5
In this puzzle each empty square needs to be filled in with a different positive integer 1 to 40.

The rules are the same as the first sequence fill in and are:
Each string of adjacent squares needs to form an arithmetic sequence.
A horizontal string of squares increases from left to right.
A vertical string of squares increases from top to bottom.



See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith    
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Solution computer solution (spoiler) | Comment 2 of 5 |

The following program uses single letters a - l to represent intersection values and single letters appended with v or h to represent vertical or horizontal increments involving those intersections, and appended with p (for prime) to represent another intersection's value along the line:

CLS
DIM g(8, 10), used(40)
FOR a = 1 TO 35
 g(1, 3) = a
 used(a) = 1
 FOR ah = 1 TO 13
   IF a + 3 * ah > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   g(1, 4) = a + ah: used(a + ah) = 1
   g(1, 5) = a + 2 * ah: used(a + 2 * ah) = 1
   g(1, 6) = a + 3 * ah: used(a + 3 * ah) = 1

 FOR av = 1 TO 13
   IF a + 3 * av > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(a + av) OR used(a + 2 * av) OR used(a + 3 * av)) = 0 THEN
     g(2, 3) = a + av: used(a + av) = 1
     g(3, 3) = a + 2 * av: used(a + 2 * av) = 1
     g(4, 3) = a + 3 * av: used(a + 3 * av) = 1

 ap = a + 3 * ah
 FOR bv = 1 TO 20
   IF ap + 2 * bv > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(ap + bv) OR used(ap + 2 * bv)) = 0 THEN
     g(2, 6) = ap + bv: used(ap + bv) = 1
     g(3, 6) = ap + 2 * bv: used(ap + 2 * bv) = 1
   
 b = ap + 2 * bv
 FOR bh = 1 TO 20
   IF b + 2 * bh > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(b + bh) OR used(b + 2 * bh)) = 0 THEN
     g(3, 7) = b + bh: used(b + bh) = 1
     g(3, 8) = b + 2 * bh: used(b + 2 * bh) = 1
  
 bp = b + 2 * bh
 FOR cv = 1 TO 13
   IF bp + 2 * cv > 40 OR bp - cv < 1 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(bp - cv) OR used(bp + cv) OR used(bp + 2 * cv)) = 0 THEN
     g(2, 8) = bp - cv: used(bp - cv) = 1
     g(4, 8) = bp + cv: used(bp + cv) = 1
     g(5, 8) = bp + 2 * cv: used(bp + 2 * cv) = 1
 
 c = bp - cv
 FOR ch = 1 TO 20
   IF c + 2 * ch > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(c + ch) OR used(c + 2 * ch)) = 0 THEN
     g(2, 9) = c + ch: used(c + ch) = 1
     g(2, 10) = c + 2 * ch: used(c + 2 * ch) = 1
 
 cp = bp + 2 * cv
 FOR dh = 1 TO 20
   IF cp + 2 * dh > 40 OR cp - dh < 1 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(cp - dh) OR used(cp + dh) OR used(cp + 2 * dh)) = 0 THEN
     g(5, 7) = cp - dh: used(cp - dh) = 1
     g(5, 9) = cp + dh: used(cp + dh) = 1
     g(5, 10) = cp + 2 * dh: used(cp + 2 * dh) = 1

 d = cp - dh
 FOR dv = 1 TO 20
   IF d + 2 * dv > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(d + dv) OR used(d + 2 * dv)) = 0 THEN
     g(6, 7) = d + dv: used(d + dv) = 1
     g(7, 7) = d + 2 * dv: used(d + 2 * dv) = 1

 dp = cp + 2 * dh
 FOR ev = 1 TO 20
   IF dp + 2 * ev > 40 OR dp - ev < 1 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(dp - ev) OR used(dp + ev) OR used(dp + 2 * ev)) = 0 THEN
     g(4, 10) = dp - ev: used(dp - ev) = 1
     g(6, 10) = dp + ev: used(dp + ev) = 1
     g(7, 10) = dp + 2 * ev: used(dp + 2 * ev) = 1

 f = d + 2 * dv
 FOR fh = 1 TO 39
   IF f + fh > 40 OR f - fh < 1 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(f - fh) OR used(f + fh)) = 0 THEN
     g(7, 6) = f - fh: used(f - fh) = 1
     g(7, 8) = f + fh: used(f + fh) = 1

 hp = a + 3 * av
 FOR hh = 1 TO 39
   IF hp + hh > 40 OR hp - hh < 1 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(hp - hh) OR used(hp + hh)) = 0 THEN
     g(4, 2) = hp - hh: used(hp - hh) = 1
     g(4, 4) = hp + hh: used(hp + hh) = 1

 h = hp - hh
 FOR hv = 1 TO 20
   IF h + 2 * hv > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(h + hv) OR used(h + 2 * hv)) = 0 THEN
     g(5, 2) = h + hv: used(h + hv) = 1
     g(6, 2) = h + 2 * hv: used(h + 2 * hv) = 1

 i = h + 2 * hv
 FOR jh = 1 TO 20
   IF i + 2 * jh > 40 OR i - jh < 1 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(i - jh) OR used(i + jh) OR used(i + 2 * jh)) = 0 THEN
     g(6, 1) = i - jh: used(i - jh) = 1
     g(6, 3) = i + jh: used(i + jh) = 1
     g(6, 4) = i + 2 * jh: used(i + 2 * jh) = 1

 j = i - jh
 FOR jv = 1 TO 20
   IF j + 2 * jv > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(j + jv) OR used(j + 2 * jv)) = 0 THEN
     g(7, 1) = j + jv: used(j + jv) = 1
     g(8, 1) = j + 2 * jv: used(j + 2 * jv) = 1

 jp = i + jh
 FOR lv = 1 TO 20
   IF jp + 2 * lv > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(jp + lv) OR used(jp + 2 * lv)) = 0 THEN
     g(7, 3) = jp + lv: used(jp + lv) = 1
     g(8, 3) = jp + 2 * lv: used(jp + 2 * lv) = 1

 l = jp + 2 * lv
 FOR lh = 1 TO 13
   IF l + 3 * lh > 40 THEN EXIT FOR
   IF (used(l + lh) OR used(l + 2 * lh) OR used(l + 3 * lh)) = 0 THEN
     g(8, 4) = l + lh: used(l + lh) = 1
     g(8, 5) = l + 2 * lh: used(l + 2 * lh) = 1
     g(8, 6) = l + 3 * lh: used(l + 3 * lh) = 1

     GOSUB pIt
     FOR iii = 1 TO 40: PRINT used(iii); : NEXT:
     PRINT
     PRINT ah; av; bv; bh; cv; ch; dh; dv; ev; fh; hh; hv; jh; jv; lv; lh;
     PRINT : PRINT

     used(l + lh) = 0
     used(l + 2 * lh) = 0
     used(l + 3 * lh) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT lh

     used(jp + lv) = 0
     used(jp + 2 * lv) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT lv

     used(j + jv) = 0
     used(j + 2 * jv) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT jv

     used(i - jh) = 0
     used(i + jh) = 0
     used(i + 2 * jh) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT jh

     used(h + hv) = 0
     used(h + 2 * hv) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT hv

     used(hp - hh) = 0
     used(hp + hh) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT hh

     used(f - fh) = 0
     used(f + fh) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT fh

     used(dp - ev) = 0
     used(dp + ev) = 0
     used(dp + 2 * ev) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT ev

     used(d + dv) = 0
     used(d + 2 * dv) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT dv

     used(cp - dh) = 0
     used(cp + dh) = 0
     used(cp + 2 * dh) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT dh

     used(c + ch) = 0
     used(c + 2 * ch) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT ch

     used(bp - cv) = 0
     used(bp + cv) = 0
     used(bp + 2 * cv) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT cv

     used(b + bh) = 0
     used(b + 2 * bh) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT bh

     used(ap + bv) = 0
     used(ap + 2 * bv) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT bv

     used(a + av) = 0
     used(a + 2 * av) = 0
     used(a + 3 * av) = 0
   END IF
 NEXT av

   used(a + ah) = 0
   used(a + 2 * ah) = 0
   used(a + 3 * ah) = 0
 NEXT ah

 used(a) = 0
NEXT a

END

pIt:
  FOR row = 1 TO 8: FOR col = 1 TO 10
    amt = g(row, col)
    IF amt = 0 THEN
     PRINT "   ";
    ELSE
     PRINT USING "## "; amt;
    END IF
  NEXT: PRINT : NEXT: PRINT
RETURN

It results in the following two solutions:

       1  2  3  4
       5        6    15 24 33
       9        8 14 20
   10 13 16          25    37
   11             26 30 34 38
 7 12 17 22       29       39
21    18       28 32 36    40
35    19 23 27 31
 
and
       1  2  3  4
       7        6     5 17 29
      13        8  9 10
   14 19 24          15    34
   16             12 20 28 36
11 18 25 32       21       38
22    26       23 30 37    40
33    27 31 35 39

 


  Posted by Charlie on 2007-11-30 17:06:15
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