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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>For those (like myself) who do not
know what SuDoku is, there is a<BR></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>good wikipedia page on it here:<BR><BR></SPAN><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuDoku">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuDoku</A><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>There are plenty of computerized solvers also;
some of them</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>use brute force (as seems to be described
earlier in this thread)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>and others restrict themselves to
using logical methods that</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>are (easily) available to
humans.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>Generally when solving a Sudoku, I also
restrict myself to the</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>logical methods and avoid doing the, "well
what if I just try</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG># here, and see what
happens."</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>I find the fun is to discover how the 'logical
rules' can solve the</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>puzzle.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>There are sites which describe both 'beginner'
level and more</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005><STRONG>advanced rules. (I can likely look up my
notes if you need them.)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT><SPAN
class=835042519-06122005>
<DIV><BR><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Gnu Sudoku
comes with source code. (Python if I recall correctly<SPAN
class=835042519-06122005>.)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2><SPAN class=835042519-06122005>--<BR></SPAN>Herb
Martin</FONT></P>
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