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  2. Sudoku solving algorithms - Wikipedia

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    A Sudoku may also be modelled as a constraint satisfaction problem. In his paper Sudoku as a Constraint Problem, [14] Helmut Simonis describes many reasoning algorithms based on constraints which can be applied to model and solve problems. Some constraint solvers include a method to model and solve Sudokus, and a program may require fewer than ...

  3. Mathematics of Sudoku - Wikipedia

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    A Sudoku whose regions are not (necessarily) square or rectangular is known as a Jigsaw Sudoku. In particular, an N × N square where N is prime can only be tiled with irregular N -ominoes . For small values of N the number of ways to tile the square (excluding symmetries) has been computed (sequence A172477 in the OEIS ). [ 10 ]

  4. Sudoku - Wikipedia

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    The world's first live TV Sudoku show, held on July 1, 2005, Sky One. The world's first live TV Sudoku show, Sudoku Live, was a puzzle contest first broadcast on July 1, 2005, on the British pay-television channel Sky One. It was presented by Carol Vorderman. Nine teams of nine players (with one celebrity in each team) representing geographical ...

  5. Killer sudoku - Wikipedia

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    Killer sudoku (also killer su doku, sumdoku, sum doku, sumoku, addoku, or samunanpure サムナンプレ sum-num(ber) pla(ce)) is a puzzle that combines elements of sudoku and kakuro. Despite the name, the simpler killer sudokus can be easier to solve than regular sudokus, depending on the solver's skill at mental arithmetic ; the hardest ones ...

  6. Taking Sudoku Seriously - Wikipedia

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    Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil Puzzle is a book on the mathematics of Sudoku. It was written by Jason Rosenhouse and Laura Taalman , and published in 2011 by the Oxford University Press .

  7. Backtracking - Wikipedia

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    Backtracking is an important tool for solving constraint satisfaction problems, [2] such as crosswords, verbal arithmetic, Sudoku, and many other puzzles. It is often the most convenient technique for parsing, [3] for the knapsack problem and other combinatorial optimization problems.

  8. Combinatorial explosion - Wikipedia

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    A Sudoku is a type of Latin square with the additional property that each element occurs exactly once in sub-sections of size √ n × √ n (called boxes). Combinatorial explosion occurs as n increases, creating limits to the properties of Sudokus that can be constructed, analyzed, and solved, as illustrated in the following table.

  9. Sudoku graph - Wikipedia

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    In the mathematics of Sudoku, the Sudoku graph is an undirected graph whose vertices represent the cells of a (blank) Sudoku puzzle and whose edges represent pairs of cells that belong to the same row, column, or block of the puzzle. The problem of solving a Sudoku puzzle can be represented as precoloring extension on this graph.