Sudoku became
world famous in the last months, although it exists since 18th
century when swiss mathematician Leonhard
Euler discovered a puzzle game called Latin Square.
The name Sudoku comes from the japanese sentence:
数字は独身に限る,
meaning as much as: limit to unique numbers.
Although published in various newspapers over the years, it reached
world wide fame quite recently.
world famous in the last months, although it exists since 18th
century when swiss mathematician Leonhard
Euler discovered a puzzle game called Latin Square.
The name Sudoku comes from the japanese sentence:
数字は独身に限る,
meaning as much as: limit to unique numbers.
Although published in various newspapers over the years, it reached
world wide fame quite recently.
Meanwhile there are also a lot of more complex sudokus for “the
advanced puzzle fan”.
Sudoku
with 16 sqaures and numbers.
Sudoku
as jigsaw puzzle, non square based:
And for the real freaks, pre-requistiting a computer, and probably
a 3D graphics card:
The ultimate 3-dimensional Sudoku called:
3doku, available for Mac and PC.
If you’re interested in the different mathematical approaches to
solve a sudoku take a look at wikipedia.