See http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Sudoku
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Jose Mario Quintana < [email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday I read an article in USA TODAY about "the first mathematically > guaranteed way of solving the puzzles;" see > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2009-03-15-sudoku-secret_N.htm. > It reminded me of an interesting old forum thread: > http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2005-December/thread.html#298 > (see > also http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v214/sudoku.htm) and a hint from > an academic female adviser "It is not just about laying the eggs; you must > know how to cluck them." > > In any case, it seems to me that the 'way' should be qualified, in some > sense, as 'implementable;' otherwise, there is an obvious "mathematically > guaranteed way of solving the puzzles" in principle. Is there not? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
