Problem 47468. Slitherlink III: Evolve

Created by Richard Zapor

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The c matrix is clarified for the creation of the solution path of nodes as given in c.  The p matrix is a [numel,numel] matrix of c indices where p(x,y)=1 is a possible node connection. p(1,2)=1 as well as example's p(1,5)=1. Additional details of p are provided in the function template. Function template also includes visualization code.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/></w:rPr><w:t>This Slitherlink III: Evolve</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> is for the cases where s is not solved using only the Gimmes from Slitherlink Starting Techniques but requires additional Evolving that is always valid for a valid input. Evolve examples are a Red bar into a corner must continue that Red bar out of the corner, an s=1 cell with a Red bar must have Black bars on its other 3 edges.  Cases of Trivial and Gimmes should be solved prior to invoking Evolve. The Evolve subroutine is the most critical routine and must be very comprehensive. A general Evolve routine should check if the output State is valid. When Evolve is used within a recursive routine that asserts possibly incorrect content the Evolve may produce an invalid output for the invalid input.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/></w:rPr><w:t>Input:</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> s,  matrix of edge counts of the unique solution path; (c,p,bsegs,emap,pmap)  are provided but not required</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/></w:rPr><w:t>Output:</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> sv, a vector of path nodes where sv(1)=sv(end). These nodes correspond to values in the c matrix example.</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/></w:rPr><w:t>Example:</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> </w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"code\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t><![CDATA[%[1 5  9 13 17 % c matrix   [3 1 1 2; % s matrix  [1 2 6 7 8 12 16 20 19 18 17 13 9 5 1] % sv\n% 2 6 10 14 18 %path nodes   2 1 0 1; %qty edges  % sv matrix is vector of nodes generating the\n% 3 7 11 15 19 % corners     1 2 1 2] %adjacent   % Red Line path\n% 4 8 12 16 20]                       %to path]]></w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/></w:rPr><w:t>Related Challenges:</w:t></w:r><w:customXml w:element=\"image\"><w:customXmlPr><w:attr w:name=\"height\" w:val=\"127\"/><w:attr w:name=\"width\" w:val=\"241\"/><w:attr w:name=\"verticalAlign\" w:val=\"baseline\"/><w:attr w:name=\"altText\" w:val=\"\"/><w:attr w:name=\"relationshipId\" 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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 615.65px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 307.833px; transform-origin: 407px 307.833px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="block-size: 105px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 52.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 52.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 80.1333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 80.1333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">This challenge is to solve </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitherlink"><span style=""><span style="">Slitherlink</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 137.7px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 137.7px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> pencil puzzles. An essential starter guide is </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/slitherlink/techniques"><span style=""><span style="">Slitherlink Techniques</span></span></a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 55.2167px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 55.2167px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">. An s matrix with values from 0:5 is provided. An s of 5 means this locations edges are not provided and may be from 0:3. The player will be given the s, c, and initial p matrices. The c matrix is clarified for the creation of the solution path of nodes as given in c.  The p matrix is a [numel,numel] matrix of c indices where p(x,y)=1 is a possible node connection. p(1,2)=1 as well as example's p(1,5)=1. Additional details of p are provided in the function template. Function template also includes visualization code.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 147px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 73.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 73.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 84.75px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 84.75px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">This Slitherlink III: Evolve</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 265.65px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 265.65px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> is for the cases where s is not solved using only the Gimmes from Slitherlink Starting Techniques but requires additional Evolving that is always valid for a valid input. Evolve examples are a Red bar into a corner must continue that Red bar out of the corner, an s=1 cell with a Red bar must have Black bars on its other 3 edges.  Cases of Trivial and Gimmes should be solved prior to invoking Evolve. The Evolve subroutine is the most critical routine and must be very comprehensive. A general Evolve routine should check if the output State is valid. When Evolve is used within a recursive routine that asserts possibly incorrect content the Evolve may produce an invalid output for the invalid input.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 19.4333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 19.4333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">Input:</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 333.35px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 333.35px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> s,  matrix of edge counts of the unique solution path; (c,p,bsegs,emap,pmap)  are provided but not required</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 25.2667px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 25.2667px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">Output:</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 334.583px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 334.583px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> sv, a vector of path nodes where sv(1)=sv(end). These nodes correspond to values in the c matrix example.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 31.1167px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 31.1167px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">Example:</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.95px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 1.95px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 81.7333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 40.8667px; transform-origin: 404px 40.8667px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.833333px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.833333px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.833333px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.833333px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 358.05px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 358.05px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-block-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-bottom-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-left-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-right-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-top-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); caret-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); color: rgb(2, 128, 9); column-rule-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-emphasis-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); ">%[1 5  9 13 17 % c matrix   [3 1 1 2; % s matrix  [1 2 6 7 8 12 16 20 19 18 17 13 9 5 1] % sv</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.833333px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.833333px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.833333px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.833333px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 365.75px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 365.75px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-block-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-bottom-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-left-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-right-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-top-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); caret-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); color: rgb(2, 128, 9); column-rule-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-emphasis-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); ">% 2 6 10 14 18 %path nodes   2 1 0 1; %qty edges  % sv matrix is vector of nodes generating the</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.833333px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.833333px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.833333px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.833333px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 250.25px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 250.25px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-block-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-bottom-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-left-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-right-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-top-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); caret-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); color: rgb(2, 128, 9); column-rule-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-emphasis-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); ">% 3 7 11 15 19 % corners     1 2 1 2] %adjacent   % Red Line path</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 0.833333px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 0.833333px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0.833333px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0.833333px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 177.1px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 177.1px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="border-block-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-block-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-bottom-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-end-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-inline-start-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-left-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-right-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); border-top-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); caret-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); color: rgb(2, 128, 9); column-rule-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; outline-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-decoration: none; text-decoration-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); text-emphasis-color: rgb(2, 128, 9); ">% 4 8 12 16 20]                       %to path</span></span></div></div><div style="block-size: 132.917px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 384px 66.4667px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 66.4667px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 66.9px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 66.9px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">Related Challenges:</span></span><img class="imageNode" style="vertical-align: baseline;width: 241px;height: 127px" 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data-image-state="image-loaded" width="241" height="127"></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 366.783px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 366.783px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Slitherlink I: Trivial, Slitherlink II: Gimmes, Slitherlink IV: Recursive (medium), Slitherlink V: Assert/Evolve/Check (large)</span></span></div></div></div>

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