Sudoku Grids

AUTHORS

Alexandra Costa | magomes@ie.uminho.pt| IE – University of Minho

Alexandra Gomes | magomes@ie.uminho.pt | CIEC/IE – University of Minho

SUMMARY

Nowadays, almost everyone has heard of Sudoku or seen one of its puzzles (in books, newspapers, magazines, TV guides, etc.). The objective of Sudoku is to fill a 9×9 grid with numbers, so that each row, column and 3×3 region contains all the numbers from 1 to 9. Determining the exact number of Sudoku grids that can be formed has aroused the interest of several researchers. In this article, we will try to understand how to determine the number of Sudoku grids that can be formed, without repetitions.

KEYWORDS

Sudoku; Sudoku grids

RELEVANT DATES

Published: 2014/06/21