Re: OT: "Puzzle" solving

On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:11:56 -0700, Don Y wrote:

My strategy was to manually work out the number of possible games for
the smaller 4x4 case hoping to gain insight into the nature of the
scaling functions.

4x4? Do you mean 3x3 (classic Sudoku)?

I assume that he means 4x4, i.e. a 2x2 grid of 2x2 grids using the numbers
1 to 4 (as opposed to a 3x3 grid of 3x3 grids using the numbers 1 to 9).

BTW, if you just want the solution (including the method) handed to you on
a plate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Sudoku

.

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