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Re: A SuDoKu question

Subject: Re: A SuDoKu question
From: "Stephen J. Herschkorn"
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:28:02 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.math
Bob Kolker wrote:

To check to see if a proposed solution is really a solution one can check all the rows , all the columns and all the sub boxes for non-repitition. Is all this checking necessary to establish correctness? What is a procedure with minimal steps to check the correctness of a SuDoKu solution?


Here is an upper bound for a minimum. Check all nine rows, then eight columns and eight nonets. If all these check, the remaining column and nonet must check. Can someone here come up with and example to show this bound is tight?

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Stephen J. Herschkorn                        sjherschko@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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