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Answer to the Problem of the Week for the week of November 14, 2005 |
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| SUDOKU |
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Sudoku is the number placing game taking the world by storm. The rules of Sudoku are simple. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, and so must every 3x3 square. Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. 
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Solution to the Problem: |
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Originally called simply Number Place, the first puzzle was created by Howard Garns,
a freelance puzzle constructor, in 1979. The number of valid Sudoku solution grids
for the standard 9×9 grid was calculated by Bertram Felgenhauer in 2005 to be
6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960. Listed below are links to SUDOKU sites.
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| 1. Anil Nataraj AND Sagar Patel | Columbus, Georgia |
| 2. Clay | ---------- |
| 3. Mike Singer | Winchester, Virginia |
| 4. Jim Arrison | Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| 5. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 6. Bill Funk | San Antonio, Texas |
| 7. Magdalena Axelsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 8. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| 9. Chelsea Cockburn | Harrisonburg Virginia |
| 10. Jeffrey Gaither | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 11. James P. Hus | Highland, Indiana |
| 12. Mom Mom | ---------- |
| 13. Britney White | Columbus, Georgia |
| 14. Tobi Kuforiji | Columbus, Georgia |
| 15. Wictoria Widén | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 16. Carleton 'Buck' Jones | Midwestern University - Glendale Glendale, Arizona |
| 17. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
| 18. Tristan Collins | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 19. Danny Gordon | Columbus, Georgia |
| 20. mistry@optonline.net | ---------- |
| 21. Erin Fennacy | Fresno, California |
| 22. Andrew Barnes | Winchester, Virginia |
| 23. Emily Powell | Winchester, Virginia |
| 24. Alex Ball | Winchester, Virginia |
| 25. Bobby Arthur | Winchester, Virginia |
| 26. Nate Troup | Arlington, Virginia |
| 27. Russell Beaty | Columbus, Georgia |
| 28. Nicholas Caligaris | Columbus, Georgia |
| 29. Mary Bailey Wickham | Columbus, Georgia |
| 30. Stephen O'Hara | Winchester, Virginia |
| 31. Andrew Montoya | Winchester, Virginia |
| 32. Kelley Kolar | Winchester, Virginia |
| 33. Ashley Faucher | Winchester, Virginia |
| 34. Kaetlyn Buono | Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
| 35. Richard Johnson | La Jolla, California |
| 36. Brittaney Jackson | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 37. Malin Fredriksson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 38. Erika Skoglund | Tullängen, Örebro, Sweden |
| 39. Danielle Mendenhall | ---------- |
| 40. Adam Haglund | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 41. Zaza Carlzon | Tullängen, Örebro, Sweden |
| 42. Carter Galbraith | Columbus, Georgia |
| 43. Rachel Pridgen | Columbus, Georgia |
| 44. Neal Amos | Columbus, Georgia |
| 45. Misty Carlisle | Cornell University Ithaca, New York |
| 46. Maggie Morrison | Winchester, Virginia |
| 47. Lauren Ko | Winchester, Virginia |
| 48. Jessie Biggs | Winchester, Virginia |
| 49. Suzie Chhouk | Long Beach, California |
| 50. Allison Mastran | Washington Township, New Jersey |
| 51. Cameron Burkholder | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 52. Simone Giovanetti | ---------- |
| 53. Elizabeth Carlson | Winchester, Virginia |
| 54. Charles Washington | Winchester, Virginia |
| 55. Nicole Wells | ---------- |
| 56. Evelyne Stalzer | Montville, New Jersey |
| 57. Praveen Nandamuru | Columbus, Georgia |
| 58. Olivia Quach | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 59. Marcus Russello | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 60. Lane Newton | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 61. Chris Jansson | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
| 62. Sharon Serano | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 63. Patrick McDuffe | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 64. Javier Johnson | ---------- |
| 65. Ben Bassett | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 66. Cyrus Peterpaul | Winchester, Virginia |
| Links to SUDOKU Sites: |
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SUDOKU Hints and On-line game |
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Web SUDOKU |
SUDOKU Fun |
SUDOKU |
SUDOKU Classics from The Guardian |
