
The Einstein Problem-Lite
The Einstein's Puzzle is a well-known logic puzzle. It is often called Einstein's Puzzle because it is said to have been invented by Albert Einstein as a boy. However, there is no known evidence for Einstein's or Carroll's authorship. This puzzle can be modified with various conditions to produce a variety of similar puzzles. For starters, we will solve a simplified version of the puzzle.
There are 5 houses on street which are painted 5 different colors:
blue, green, red, white and yellow.
In each house lives a person of a different nationality:
Brit, Dane, German, Norwegian and Swede.
These people drink a certain beverage:
beer, coffee, milk, tea and water.
Smoke a certain brand of cigarettes:
Rothmans, Dunhill, PallMall, Winfield and Marlboro.
They keep a certain pet:
cat, bird, dog, fish and horse.
None of the owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigarette, or drink the same beverage.
You are given a set of "relations". Each relation connects two identifiers in the owner relationships. For example: "Norwegian-Dunhill" indicates that the Norwegian smokes only Dunhill. "5-dog" indicates...