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A Sudoku puzzle can be expressed as a graph coloring problem. [27] The aim is to construct a 9-coloring of a particular graph, given a partial 9-coloring. The fewest clues possible for a proper Sudoku is 17. [28] Tens of thousands of distinct Sudoku puzzles have only 17 clues. [29]
Web Sudoku is an online sudoku website which was rated as one of the best 50 fun and games website by Time. [1] It was founded by Gideon Greenspan and Rachel Lee. [ 2 ] The website was rated as the 7265th best website in the world by Jonathan Harchick in his book The World's Best Websites . [ 3 ]
Sudoku. Completely fill the 9x9 grid, using the values 1 through 9 only once in each 3x3 section of the puzzle. By Masque Publishing
A typical Sudoku puzzle. A standard Sudoku contains 81 cells, in a 9×9 grid, and has 9 boxes, each box being the intersection of the first, middle, or last 3 rows, and the first, middle, or last 3 columns. Each cell may contain a number from one to nine, and each number can only occur once in each row, column, and box.
The general problem of solving Sudoku puzzles on n 2 ×n 2 grids of n×n blocks is known to be NP-complete. [8] A puzzle can be expressed as a graph coloring problem. [9] The aim is to construct a 9-coloring of a particular graph, given a partial 9-coloring. The Sudoku graph has 81 vertices, one vertex for each cell.
He has also written puzzles for events including the World Sudoku Championship, U.S. Puzzle Championship, the MIT Mystery Hunt, Gen Con, and the Microsoft Puzzle Picnic. [4] In early 2012, Snyder founded his publishing company Grandmaster Puzzles. On April 9, 2012, he began selling his first title from the newly formed company, The Art of Sudoku.
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