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matrix with the clues and attempts to deduce the solution. These are often referred to as "logic grid" puzzles. The data set of a logic grid puzzles can be any number of categories, but are limited by the corresponding increase in complexity, with most having only two, three, or even four categories.
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dedicated to the subject, is a format in which the set-up to a scenario is given, as well as the object (for example, determine who brought what dog to a dog show, and what breed each dog was), certain clues are given ("neither Misty nor Rex is the German Shepherd"), and then the reader fills out a
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Common in logic puzzle magazines are derivatives of the logic grid puzzle called "table puzzles" that are deduced in the same manner as grid puzzles, but lack the grid either because a grid would be too large, or because some other visual aid is provided. For example, a map of a town might be
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he introduced a game to solve problems such as confirming the conclusion "Some greyhounds are not fat" from the statements "No fat creatures run well" and "Some greyhounds run well". Puzzles like this, where we are given a list of premises and asked what can be deduced from them, are known as
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While designed more as a table-based puzzle than a matrix, the most famous example of a logic-grid puzzle may be the so-called
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A logic puzzle grid. The only information filled in is that only Simon is 15 and Jane does not like the color green.
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There are also logic puzzles that are completely non-verbal in nature. Some popular forms include
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Another form of logic puzzle, popular among puzzle enthusiasts and available in
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present in lieu of a grid in a puzzle about the location of different shops.
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continued and expanded the branch of logic puzzles with books such as
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Puzzle deriving from the mathematics field of deduction
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In the second half of the 20th century mathematician
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