Combinatorical and Algebraic Structures Seminar

Session details

Date: 13.5.2008
Speaker: Petr Ambrož, FJFI, České vysoké učení technické
Title: Sudoku and Graph Theory
Abstract: Sudoku puzzle has become a very popular puzzle that many newspapers publish on a daily basis. For anyone trying to solve a Sudoku puzzle, several questions arise naturally: * Does the solution exist? * Is the solution unique? * If it is not unique, how many solutions are there? * How many puzzles are there with a unique solution? * What is the minimum number of entries that can be specified in a single puzzle in order to ensure a unique solution? We will view these problems in a mathematical context (mosty Graph Theory) and will attempt to answer them.

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