Enumerating all 7-Move solutions of today's puzzle, I expected some kind simple pattern, like some key moves with a few permutations. I found that it is far more complex:
- there are 1536 solutions
- almost all moves are useful, non are required
- for every row-xoring move there is exactly one column-xoring move that appears in the same number of solutions (and no move appears twice in a solution)
Here is the number of solutions a move appears in (0-based indices):
- there are 1536 solutions
- almost all moves are useful, non are required
- for every row-xoring move there is exactly one column-xoring move that appears in the same number of solutions (and no move appears twice in a solution)
Here is the number of solutions a move appears in (0-based indices):