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BP979 It is possible to deduce the contents of the missing square vs. not so.
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COMMENTS

All examples show grids of squares with an image in each square, such that there is some "rule" the images within the grid obey. The "rule" can be about how the images relate to their neighbors, it can involve the position of the images in the grid, and it can involve properties of the grid considered as a whole. One square from somewhere along the edge of the grid is removed.


Intentionally left out of this Problem (shown above sorted ambiguously) are cases in which the rule is not possible to deduce without seeing more squares. Due to this choice to omit those kinds of examples from the right, another acceptable solution is "it is possible to deduce the contents of the missing square once the underlying rule is understood vs. not so."

REFERENCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven%27s_Progressive_Matrices

CROSSREFS

BP1258 is very similar: whether ALL squares can be deduced from the rest.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP974 BP975 BP976 BP977 BP978  *  BP980 BP981 BP982 BP983 BP984

KEYWORD

nice, notso, structure, rules, miniworlds

CONCEPT convey_enough_information (info | search),
choice (info | search)

WORLD

grid_of_images_with_rule_one_on_edge_missing [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP1258 It is possible to deduce the contents of any square from the rest vs. it is not.
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CROSSREFS

BP979 is very similar: whether a particular square can be deduced from the rest.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP1253 BP1254 BP1255 BP1256 BP1257  *  BP1259 BP1260 BP1261 BP1262 BP1263

KEYWORD

notso, rules, grid, miniworlds

CONCEPT convey_enough_information (info | search),
choice (info | search)

WORLD

grid_of_images_with_rule [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP981 Grid of analogies vs. different kind of rule.
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COMMENTS

On the left, each row and column could be labeled by a certain object or concept; on the right this is not so.


More specifically: on the left, each row and each column is associated with a certain object or concept; there is a rule for combining rows and columns to give images; it would be possible without changing the rule to extend with new rows/columns or delete/reorder any existing columns. On the right, this is not so; the rule might be about how the images must relate to their neighbors, for example.


All examples show grids of squares with an image in each square, such that there is some "rule" the images within the grid obey.


Left examples are a generalized version of the analogy grids seen in BP361. Any analogy a : b :: c : d shown in a 2x2 grid will fit on the left here.


To word the solution with mathematical jargon, "defines a (simply described) map from the Cartesian product of two sets vs. not so." Another equivalent solution is "columns (alternatively, rows) illustrate a consistent set of one-input operations." It is always possible to imagine the columns as inputs and the rows as operations and vice versa.


There is a trivial way in which any example can be interpreted so that it fits on the left side: imagine each row is assigned the list of all the squares in that row and each column is assigned its number, counting from the left. But each grid has a clear rule that is simpler than this.

CROSSREFS

BP1258 is a similar idea: "any square removed could be reconstructed vs. not." Examples included left here usually fit left there, but some do not e.g. EX9998.


See BP979 for use of similar structures but with one square removed from the grid.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP976 BP977 BP978 BP979 BP980  *  BP982 BP983 BP984 BP985 BP986

KEYWORD

nice, convoluted, unwordable, notso, teach, structure, rules, grid, miniworlds

CONCEPT analogy (info | search)

WORLD

grid_of_images_with_rule [smaller | same | bigger]
zoom in left (grid_of_analogies)

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

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