Sudoku - Fun with numbers

Sudoku is a logic based placement puzzle whole, made popular by puzzle publisher Nikoli Co. Ltd. in Japan pending. The goal for the player in this game is to fill a 9 × 9 grid so that every column, every row and each of the nine 3 × 3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the numbers 1-9 only once each. A grid populated part of the player comes at the beginning. Completed Sudoku puzzles are usually a type of LatinSquare with an additional constraint on the position of the numbers in each region.

Howard yarn, an American architect, inventor of the modern Sudoku in 1979. Dell Magazines published under the title "Number Place". She gained huge popularity in Japan in 1986, when it was published by Nikoli and was monikered 'Sudoku', the 'number one. "It became an obsession around the world in 2005.

Unlike any other number of Sudoku games must not only have the numbers. A game cancreated by using unique images, fonts, colors or symbols.

There are many different strategies that can solve a Sudoku. Some strategies are more effective identification, scanning, Dot and subscript notation.

Scanning is the first step, to break the encryption of a Sudoku puzzle. When scanning, the players looked at the position of the numbers already placed in the puzzle grid and notes the relative position of the numbers. Hatch, a method ofThe scanning can be particularly useful. In this method, the player marks the rows and columns, where there is a number, in order to find the perfect place for that number in a specific area 3 x 3 This method is very useful to solve complex puzzles and Sudoku puzzle much easier to break easily.

In identification, the player the possible positions of the units remaining on the game itself marked with a pencil. This helps to calibrate theAnalysis after the first phase of scanning is complete.

In index notation, the player writes the number of possible small in individual cells. If the puzzle is published in a newspaper font, size, often too small for this method to be successful too. In these cases, the players decide, make a copy of the larger puzzle.

In dot notation, all 9 numbers in each cell with different colored dots are placed. Since the constraints of a particularCell begins to be discovered, the player the elimination of the points one by one. This process continues until all points except one, eliminated for each cell. This method is a bit 'boring, but the Sudoku puzzle can be detected easily by citizens are not so familiar.

There are other techniques of Sudoku variants, which contain more or less the number of squares. There are 6 x 6, 8 x 8 or even large size 25 x 25 Sudoku graphs.

Sudoku is a very popular gametoday. Even the annual championships taking place in this game worldwide. The first championship, held in Lucca, Italy in 2006, had a number of industries in countries around the world. This proved, as the people had adopted this new magic numbers game. Sudoku is here to stay, and its popularity can only rise from here.