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Title: Puzzles/Brain Teasers/Sudoku - Wikipedia: Sudoku An encyclopedia entry describing the rules, history, strategies and variants of Sudoku. Notes that these are a type of "latin square" which have been analyzed since ancient times.

World_Sudoku_Championship Information on the 2006 World Sudoku Championship held in Italy. Includes background information, events, results and FAQ. [English, Italian]

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The_Guardian__So_you_thought_Sudoku_came_from_the_Land_of_the_Rising_Sun___ Article by David Smith covering the puzzle's origins as "Number Place" by Dell Puzzle Magazine in New York in the 1970s. (May 15, 2005)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the logic puzzle. For the disease, see Sodoku.

A Sudoku puzzle...

...and its solution numbers marked in redSudoku (数独, sūdoku?) listen (help·info) is a logic-based number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid.Completed Sudoku puzzles are usually a type of Latin square with an additional constraint on the contents of individual regions. Leonhard Euler is sometimes incorrectly cited as the source of the puzzle, based on his related work with Latin squares.[1]The modern puzzle was invented by an American architect, Howard Garns, in 1979 and published by Dell Magazines under the name "Number Place".[2] It became popular in Japan in 1986, after it was published by Nikoli and given the name Sudoku, meaning single number.[3] A more plausible meaning derives from the Japanese word `chudoku' which means `addiction'. Substitute `su' meaning `number' for `chu' and you have a typical Japanese pun meaning `number addiction'.[original research?] It became an international hit in 2005.[4]

1 History2 Variants3 Mathematics of Sudoku4 Recent popularity5 Competitions6 See also7 References8 External links//

[edit] History

Page from La France newspaper, July 6, 1895.Number puzzles first appeared in newspapers in the late 19th century, when French puzzle setters began experimenting with removing numbers from magic squares. Le Siècle, a Paris-based daily, published a partially completed 9×9 magic square with 3×3 sub-squares in 1892.[5] It was not a Sudoku because it contained double-digit numbers and required arithmetic rather than logic to solve, but it shared key characteristics: each row, column and sub-square added up to the same number.Within three years Le Siècle's rival, La France, refined the puzzle so that it was almost a modern Sudoku. It simplified the 9×9 magic square puzzle so that each row and column contained only the numbers 1–9, but did not mark the sub-squares. Although they are unmarked, each 3×3 sub-square does indeed comprise the numbers 1–9. However, the puzzle cannot be considered the first Sudoku because, under modern rules, it has two solutions. The puzzle setter ensured a unique solution by requiring 1–9 to appear in both diagonals.These weekly puzzles were a feature of newspaper titles including L'Echo de Paris for about a decade but disappeared about the time of the First World War.[6]According to Will Shortz, the modern Sudoku was most likely designed anonymously by Howard Garns, a 74-year-old retired architect and freelance puzzle constructor from Indiana, and first published in 1979 by Dell Magazines as Number Place (the earliest known examples of modern Sudoku). Garns's name was always present on the list of contributors in issues of Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games that included Number Place, and was always absent from issues that did not.[7] He died in 1989 before getting a chance to see his creation as a worldwide phenomenon.[7] It is unclear if Garns was familiar with any of the French newspapers listed above.The puzzle was introduced in Japan by Nikoli in the paper Monthly Nikolist in April 1984[7] as Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru (数字は独身に限る, Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru?), which can be translated as "the digits must be single" or "the digits are limited to one occurrence." At a later date, the name was abbreviated to Sudoku by Maki Kaji (鍜治真起, Kaji Maki?), taking only the first kanji of compound words to form a shorter version.[7] In 1986, Nikoli introduced two innovations: the number of givens was restricted to no more than 32, and puzzles became "symmetrical" (meaning the givens were distributed in rotationally symmetric cells). It is now published in mainstream Japanese periodicals, such as the Asahi Shimbun.

[edit] Variants

A nonomino Sudoku puzzle, sometimes also known as a Jigsaw Sudoku, for instance in the Sunday Telegraph.

Solution numbers in red for above puzzle.Although the 9×9 grid with 3×3 regions is by far the most common, variations abound. Sample puzzles can be 4×4 grids with 2×2 regions; 5×5 grids with pentomino regions have been published under the name Logi-5; the World Puzzle Championship has featured a 6×6 grid with 2×3 regions and a 7×7 grid with six heptomino regions and a disjoint region. Larger grids are also possible. The Times offers a 12×12-grid Dodeka sudoku with 12 regions of 4×3 squares. Dell regularly publishes 16×16 Number Place Challenger puzzles (the 16×16 variant often uses 1 through G rather than the 0 through F used in hexadecimal). Nikoli offers 25×25 Sudoku the Giant behemoths.Another common variant is to add limits on the placement of numbers beyond the usual row, column, and box requirements. Often the limit takes the form of an extra "dimension"; the most common is to require the numbers in the main diagonals of the grid also to be unique. The aforementioned Number Place Challenger puzzles are all of this variant, as are the Sudoku X puzzles in the Daily Mail, which use 6×6 grids.A variant named "Mini Sudoku" appears in the American newspaper USA Today, which is played on a 6x6 grid with 3x2 regions. The object is the same as standard Sudoku, but the puzzle only uses the numbers 1 through 6.Another variant is the combination of Sudoku with Kakuro on a 9 x 9 grid, called Cross Sums Sudoku, in which clues are given in terms of cross sums. The clues can also be given by cryptic alphametics in which each letter represents a single digit from 0 to 9. An excellent example is NUMBER+NUMBER=KAKURO which has a unique solution 186925+186925=373850. Another example is SUDOKU=IS*FUNNY whose solution is 426972=34*12558.Killer Sudoku combines elements of Sudoku with Kakuro - usually no initial numbers are given, but the 9*9 grid is divided into regions, each with a number that the sum of all numbers in the region must add up to, with no repeated numerals. These must be filled in while obeying the standard rules of Sudoku.

Hypersudoku puzzle. As seen in The Age.

Solution to Hypersudoku puzzle.Hypersudoku is one of the most popular variants. It is published by news papers and magazines around the world and is also known as "NRC Sudoku", "Windoku", "Hyper-Sudoku" and "4 Square Sudoku". The layout is identical to a normal Sudoku, but with additional interior areas defined in which the numbers 1 to 9 must appear. The solving algorithm is slightly different from the normal Sudoku puzzles because of the leverage on the overlapping squares. This overlap gives the player more information to logically reduce the possibilities in the remaining squares. The approach to playing is still similar to sudoku but with possibly more emphasis on scanning the squares and overlap rather than columns and rows.Puzzles constructed from multiple Sudoku grids are common. Five 9×9 grids which overlap at the corner regions in the shape of a quincunx is known in Japan as Gattai 5 (five merged) Sudoku. In The Times, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald this form of puzzle is known as Samurai SuDoku. The Baltimore Sun and the Toronto Star publish a puzzle of this variant (titled High Five) in their Sunday edition. Often, no givens are to be found in overlapping regions. Sequential grids, as opposed to overlapping, are also published, with values in specific locations in grids needing to be transferred to others.Alphabetical variations have emerged; there is no functional difference in the puzzle unless the letters spell something. Some variants, such as in the TV Guide, include a word reading along a main diagonal, row, or column once solved; determining the word in advance can be viewed as a solving aid. A looser variant on the sudoku concept is seen in Squaro, wherein circles at the vertices of a grid are filled in to meet the requirements of numbers in that grid in a combination of sudoku and minesweeper.A tabletop version of Sudoku can be played with a standard 81-card Set deck (see Set game). A three-dimensional Sudoku puzzle was invented by Dion Church and published in the Daily Telegraph in May 2005. There is a Sudoku version of the Rubik's Cube named Sudoku Cube.The 2005 U.S. Puzzle Championship included a variant called Digital Number Place: rather than givens, most cells contain a partial given—a segment of a number, with the numbers drawn as if part of a seven-segment display. This version has also appeared in GAMES magazine.One more variant of Sudoku is Greater Than Sudoku (GT Sudoku). In this a 3x3 grid of the Sudoku is given with 12 symbols of Greater Than (>) or Less Than (<) on the common line of the two adjacent numbers. Depending on difficulty this type of Sudoku may or may not be given with numbers.

An example of Greater Than Sudoku.

[edit] Mathematics of Sudoku

Main article: Mathematics of SudokuA completed Sudoku grid is a special type of Latin square with the additional property of no repeated values in any partition of the 9×9 block into contiguous 3×3 blocks. The relationship between the two theories is now completely known, after Denis Berthier proved in his recent book, "The Hidden Logic of Sudoku", that a first order formula that does not mention blocks (also called boxes or regions) is valid for Sudoku if and only if it is valid for Latin Squares (this property is trivially true for the axioms and it can be extended to any formula).The first known calculation of the number of classic 9×9 Sudoku solution grids was posted on the USENET newsgroup rec.puzzles in September 2003[8] and is 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960 (sequence A107739 in OEIS). This is roughly 1.2×10−6 times the number of 9×9 Latin squares. A detailed calculation of this figure was provided by Bertram Felgenhauer and Frazer Jarvis in 2005.[9] Various other grid sizes have also been enumerated—see the main article for details. The number of essentially different solutions, when symmetries such as rotation, reflection and relabelling are taken into account, was shown by Ed Russell and Frazer Jarvis to be just 5,472,730,538[10] (sequence A109741 in OEIS).The maximum number of givens provided while still not rendering a unique solution is four short of a full grid; if two instances of two numbers each are missing and the cells they are to occupy form the corners of an orthogonal rectangle, and exactly two of these cells are within one region, there are two ways the numbers can be assigned. Since this applies to Latin squares in general, most variants of Sudoku have the same maximum. The inverse problem—the fewest givens that render a solution unique—is unsolved, although the lowest number yet found for the standard variation without a symmetry constraint is 17, a number of which have been found by Japanese puzzle enthusiasts,[11][12] and 18 with the givens in rotationally symmetric cells. Over 47,000 examples of Sudokus with 17 givens resulting in a unique solution are known.

[edit] Recent popularity

In 1997, retired Hong Kong judge Wayne Gould, 59, a New Zealander, saw a partly completed puzzle in a Japanese bookshop. Over six years he developed a computer program to produce puzzles quickly. Knowing that British newspapers have a long history of publishing crosswords and other puzzles, he promoted Sudoku to The Times in Britain, which launched it on 12 November 2004 (calling it Su Doku). The first letter to The Times regarding Su Doku was published the following day on 13 November from Ian Payn of Brentford, complaining that the puzzle had caused him to miss his stop on the tube.The rapid rise of Sudoku in Britain from relative obscurity to a front-page feature in national newspapers attracted commentary in the media and parody (such as when The Guardian's G2 section advertised itself as the first newspaper supplement with a Sudoku grid on every page[13]). Recognizing the different psychological appeals of easy and difficult puzzles, The Times introduced both side by side on 20 June 2005. From July 2005, Channel 4 included a daily Sudoku game in their Teletext service. On 2 August, the BBC's programme guide Radio Times featured a weekly Super Sudoku which features a 16x16 grid.Even the Greeks owe the publication of their first Sudoku magazine to British influence. It was at Heathrow airport in the middle of 2005 that a Greek computer magazine publisher first laid eyes on a British Sudoku magazine and - realizing the opportunity - proceeded to purchase the necessary software and quickly launch the first local Sudoku magazine, which became an instant success.In the United States, the first newspaper to publish a Sudoku puzzle by Wayne Gould was The Conway Daily Sun (New Hampshire), in 2004.[14]

The world's first live TV Sudoku show, 1 July 2005, Sky One.The world's first live TV Sudoku show, Sudoku Live, was a puzzle contest first broadcast on 1 July 2005 on Sky One. It was presented by Carol Vorderman. Nine teams of nine players (with one celebrity in each team) representing geographical regions competed to solve a puzzle. Each player had a hand-held device for entering numbers corresponding to answers for four cells. Phil Kollin of Winchelsea, England was the series grand prize winner taking home over £23,000 over a series of games. The audience at home was in a separate interactive competition, which was won by Hannah Withey of Cheshire.Later in 2005, the BBC launched SUDO-Q, a game show that combines Sudoku with general knowledge. However, it uses only 4x4 and 6x6 puzzles.In 2006, a Sudoku website published songwriter Peter Levy's Sudoku tribute song,[15] but quickly had to take down the mp3 due to heavy traffic. British and Australian radio picked up the song, which is to feature in a British-made Sudoku documentary. The Japanese Embassy also nominated the song for an award, with Levy doing talks with Sony in Japan to release the song as a single.[16]Sudoku software is very popular on PCs, websites, and mobile phones. It comes with many distributions of Linux. Software has also been released on portable video game handhelds, such as the Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, the Game Boy Advance, several iPod models, and the iPhone. In fact, just two weeks after Apple, Inc. debuted the online App Store within its iTunes store on July 11, 2008, there were already nearly 30 different Sudoku games, created by various software developers, specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch. One of the most popular video games featuring Sudoku is Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!. Critically and commercially well received, it generated particular praise for its Sudoku implementation[1][2][3] and sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.[4] Due to its popularity, Nintendo made a second Brain Age game titled Brain Age2, which has over 100 new sudoku puzzles and other activities.In June 2008 an Australian drugs-related jury trial costing over AU$1 000 000 was aborted when it was discovered that five of the twelve jurors had been playing Sudoku instead of listening to evidence.[17]

[edit] Competitions

The first World Sudoku Championship was held in Lucca, Italy from 10 to 12 March 2006. The winner was Jana Tylova of the Czech Republic.[18] The competition included numerous variants.[19]The second World Sudoku Championship was held in Prague from March 28 to April 1, 2007.[20] The individual champion was Thomas Snyder of the USA. The team champion was Japan.[21]Hosted by renowned puzzle master Will Shortz, The Philadelphia Inquirer Sudoku National Championship was the first U.S. Sudoku Championship. Thomas Snyder was the winner of the expert division, receiving $10,000 and a spot on the U.S. National Sudoku Team at the 2008 World Sudoku Championship in India.[22]The third World Sudoku Championship was held in Goa, India from April 14-16, 2008. Thomas Snyder repeated as the individual overall championship, and also won the first ever Classic Trophy (a subset of the competition counting only classic Sudoku). The Czech Republic won the team competition.[23]United Kingdom newspapers have run several national Sudoku competitions : the most prominent is that run by The Times. Nina Pell won the first contest in 2005, followed by Rachel Roth in 2006 and Tom Collyer in 2007. Nina regained her title on 13 September 2008 at the Institute of Education, part of the University of London : in finishing order, the eight grand finalists were Nina Pell, Howard Granville, Maxwell Rock, George Danker, David Collison, Pippa Wassall, Jason Shannon and Ross Pope.

[edit] See also

Mathematics of SudokuAlgorithmics of SudokuList of Sudoku terms and jargonKiller sudokuSudoku Cube (3D variant)Latin squareLogic puzzleList of Nikoli puzzle typesKakuroNonogram (aka Paint by numbers, O'ekaki)FutoshikiKenKenHidato

[edit] References

^ Leonhard Euler. "On magic squares".^ "Sudoku Variations".^ Brian Hayes (2006), Unwed Numbers, 94, American Scientist, pp. pp. 12–15 ^ So you thought Sudoku came from the Land of the Rising Sun ... The puzzle gripping the nation actually began at a small New York magazine by David Smith The Observer, Sunday May 15 2005 Accessed June 13, 2008^ Boyer, Christian (May 2006). "Supplément de l’article « Les ancêtres français du sudoku »" (PDF). Pour la Science: 1–6, http://www.pourlascience.com/complement/pdf/Suppl%20Ancetres%20Sudoku.pdf. Retrieved on 16 September 2006. ^ Malvern, Jack (2006-06-03). "Les fiendish French beat us to Su Doku", Times Online. Retrieved on 16 September 2006. ^ a b c d Pegg, Ed, Jr. (2005-09-15). "Ed Pegg Jr.'s Math Games: Sudoku Variations". MAA Online. The Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved on October 3, 2006.^ "Combinatorial question on 9x9". Google newsgroups archive. Retrieved on September, 2003.^ Jarvis, Frazer (2006-07-31). "Sudoku enumeration problems". Frazer Jarvis's home page. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.^ Jarvis, Frazer; Ed Russell (2005-09-07). "There are 5472730538 essentially different Sudoku grids ... and the Sudoku symmetry group". Frazer Jarvis's home page. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.^ "プログラミングパズルに関心のある人は雑談しましょう" (in Japanese). プログラミングパズル雑談コーナー / Programming Puzzle Idle Talk Corner. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.^ Royle, Gordon. "Minimum Sudoku". Retrieved on September 16, 2006.^ "G2, home of the discerning Sudoku addict", The Guardian, Guardian Newspapers Limited (2005-05-13). Retrieved on 16 September 2006. ^ New York Times corrections column, April 2, 2007, p. A2^ "Sudoku the song, by Peter Levy", Sudoku.org.uk (2006-08-17). Retrieved on 5 October 2008. ^ "Hit Song Has the Numbers", The Herald Sun (2006-08-17). Retrieved on 5 October 2008. ^ Knox, Malcolm (2008-06-11). "The game's up: jurors playing Sudoku abort trial", The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 11 June 2008. ^ "Sudoku title for Czech accountant" (Free), BBC NEWS (2006-03-11). Retrieved on 11 September 2006. ^ "World Sudoku Championship 2006 Instructions Booklet" (PDF).^ "Report on the 8th General Assembly of the World Puzzle Federation" (Free), WPF (2006-10-30). Retrieved on 15 November 2006. ^ "Thomas Snyder wins World Sudoku Championship", US Puzzle Team (2007-03-31). Retrieved on 18 April 2008. ^ "Thomas Snyder, World Sudoku champion" (Free), Philadelphia Inquirer (2007-10-21). Retrieved on 21 October 2007. ^ "It’s a puzzle but sun, sea and beer can’t compete with Sudoku for British team", TimesOnline (2008-04-17). Retrieved on 18 April 2008.

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