5.3.07

sudoku : terminology forcing chain

This text gives a definition for forcing chain. I had always taken forcing chain to mean a chain which starting say from a cell XY forced a true value in another cell ie whether our starting cell is X or Y, Z is true in the other (another) cell.
I still prefer Implication Chain to Forcing Chain.
clipped from www.sudopedia.org
Forcing Chain is the generic term for all types of chains and loops which propagate implications from one cell or candidate to another.
"Forcing" refers to the fact that placing a digit in one cell can force another cell to another digit.
The effects from each cell to the next are the implications. A Forcing Chain is therefore also known as an implication chain.
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