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This is more difficult instance of a puzzle posted here.

Rules similar to Sudoku applies:

  • In each disk, the numbers 1,2,...7 should appear exactly once.

  • No line may contain duplicate digits (note that there are lines in 3 directions).

Solution is unique, and can be found by using classical sudoku-strategies.

sjudoku 2

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    $\begingroup$ This one also looks to be symmetric - are there any asymmetric solutions, I wonder? $\endgroup$
    – Deusovi
    Nov 14, 2020 at 22:39
  • $\begingroup$ What does asymmetric solutions mean in this context? I chose positions of hints in a symmetric manner, as this is common for sudokus. But note that the values are not symmetric $\endgroup$ Nov 14, 2020 at 22:45
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    $\begingroup$ I mean that it appears that rotating it 180 degrees and permuting the digits gives you the same puzzle. The solution is going to be symmetric up to permuting the 7 digits: every 3 will be opposite a 1, every 4 will be opposite a 5, every 6 will be opposite a 7. $\endgroup$
    – Deusovi
    Nov 14, 2020 at 22:48
  • $\begingroup$ (And the same is true of 60-degree rotations, not just 180-degree. The permutation isn't a simple digit swap, but it appears that we could create a consistent permutation that would work -- which leads me to question whether all solutions are the same, just with permuted digits.) $\endgroup$
    – Deusovi
    Nov 14, 2020 at 22:58
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    $\begingroup$ @Deusovi Given the solution of a single disc, there only three ways to fill all of the remaining discs. $\endgroup$ Nov 15, 2020 at 16:38

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Solution:

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Steps:

I didn't find it very difficult. It's basically just normal Sudoku techniques.

However I don't really know how to describe my process...

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Start with some obvious 2's.

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This leads to the completion of all 2's.

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Now we can fill in all the 4's and 5's.

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The remaining is quite straightforward from this point.

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