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    use a wide range of computer algorithms to solve Sudokus, study their properties, and make new puzzles, including Sudokus with interesting symmetries and...
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  • Algorithms to complete a sudoku See Sudoku solving algorithms. Gurari, Eitan (1999). "CIS 680: DATA STRUCTURES: Chapter 19: Backtracking Algorithms"...
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    general problem of solving Sudoku puzzles on n2×n2 grids of n×n blocks is known to be NP-complete. Many Sudoku solving algorithms, such as brute force-backtracking...
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    trees for better performance, solving sudoku puzzles, hyperparameter optimization, and causal inference. In a genetic algorithm, a population of candidate...
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    Mathematics can be used to study Sudoku puzzles to answer questions such as "How many filled Sudoku grids are there?", "What is the minimal number of clues...
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  • methods for sudoku codes. Some algorithms are very specific developments for Sudoku codes. Several methods are described in sudoku solving algorithms. Another...
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    example, 4 and 7. KenKen Sudoku Mathematics of Sudoku Sudoku solving algorithms "The Math Behind Sudoku: Introduction to Sudoku". Cornell University. Retrieved...
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  • Dancing Links (category Sudoku)
    occupied. If a diagonal is occupied, it can be occupied only once. Sudoku solving algorithms Knuth, Donald E. (2000). "Dancing links". Millennial Perspectives...
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  • Exact cover (section Sudoku)
    using Dancing Links.  Main articles: Sudoku, Mathematics of Sudoku, Sudoku solving algorithms The problem in Sudoku is to assign numbers (or digits, values...
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  • inference Eight queens puzzle Map coloring problem Maximum cut problem Sudoku, crosswords, futoshiki, Kakuro (Cross Sums), Numbrix/Hidato, Zebra Puzzle...
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    In computer science, a search algorithm is an algorithm designed to solve a search problem. Search algorithms work to retrieve information stored within...
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  • generalized Sudoku is in NP (quickly verifiable), but may or may not be in P (quickly solvable). (It is necessary to consider a generalized version of Sudoku, as...
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    end-state. Each method of solving the Cube employs its own set of algorithms, together with descriptions of what effect the algorithm has, and when it can...
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    these algorithms are sometimes called sequential coloring algorithms. The maximum (worst) number of colors that can be obtained by the greedy algorithm, by...
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    the top side is solved in 1 of 57 algorithms, and finally PLL (Permutation of the Last Layer) where you do 1 of 21 algorithms to solve the rest of the...
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    former is an example of simple problem solving (SPS) addressing one issue, whereas the latter is complex problem solving (CPS) with multiple interrelated obstacles...
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    three edges are solved first, and a set of algorithms, also called LL (last layer) algorithms, are used to solve the remainder of the puzzle. 2) Top First...
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    peg B if the number of disks is odd and peg C if it is even. The key to solving a problem recursively is to recognize that it can be broken down into a...
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    approaches like Genetic algorithms may be. Restriction: By restricting the structure of the input (e.g., to planar graphs), faster algorithms are usually possible...
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    as necessary). Solving the Gear Cube is based more on the observations the solver makes. There are only two algorithms needed to solve the cube, so finding...
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    disturbing the solved lower layers. These "algorithms" are similar to those used on a Rubik's Cube and thus familiar to those experienced in solving one, with...
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  • nullify all negative values within the support. Sudoku Solver - A Sudoku solver based on Difference Map algorithm. Elser, V.; Rankenburg, I.; Thibault, P. (9...
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    Ariadne's thread (logic) (category Problem solving methods)
    example Solving Sudoku Step-by-step guide by Michael Mepham; includes history of Ariadne's thread and demonstration of application Constructing Sudoku A flow...
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    require more algorithms. These algorithms designed for solving a 2×2×2 cube are often significantly shorter and faster than the algorithms one would use...
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    in some other way. The Sudoku Cube or Sudokube is a variation on a Rubik's Cube in which the aim is to solve one or more Sudoku puzzles on the sides or...
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  • Alphametics can be combined with other number puzzles such as Sudoku and Kakuro to create cryptic Sudoku and Kakuro. Anton Pavlis constructed an alphametic in...
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    If the solver is particularly advanced, they can skip separately solving the first F2L pair after the cross by solving an X-cross (solving the cross...
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  • Solving the puzzle means to reach a designated "final configuration", a singular configuration, or one of a collection of configurations. To solve the...
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  • Dennis (2015). "A critical analysis of the harmony search algorithm—How not to solve sudoku". Operations Research Perspectives. 2: 97–105. doi:10.1016/j...
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  • as constraint satisfaction problems are the eight queens puzzle, the Sudoku solving problem and many other logic puzzles, the Boolean satisfiability problem...
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