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I wonder what the smallest number of clues is that can be used for all sudoku grids. Could this be proven?

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I wonder what the smallest number of clues is that can be used for all sudoku grids. Could this be proven?[/QUOTE]
There is, or was, a project dedicated to figuring out the answer to that question. Last I heard, he temporarily shelved the project until home computers became more powerful.

Maybe if you Google boinc sudoku project it'll show up, or just go to the boinc projects wiki. Not sure if it'd still be there.

I swear, this is the worst name choice ever. They might think it's funny, but it's liable to bring the crazies out of the woodwork.

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I wonder what the smallest number of clues is that can be used for all sudoku grids. Could this be proven?[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0749"]arxiv.org/abs/1201.0749[/URL]: There Is No 16-Clue Sudoku: Solving the Sudoku Minimum Number of Clues Problem

This is proof by exhaustive search. It doesn't offer much insight, but it does answer the question.

--Scott

Very old news, but should be very interesting to Americans.

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This isn't news, but it fits the title.

Why is it that when you get in line, the front of the line is the end, but the back of the line is the beginning? When you go on a trip, the goal is the end and the starting point is the beginning.

So, if you think of standing in line as a trip, the beginning of the line is the end, and the end of the line is the beginning.

Oh, and to reference more commonly thought about stuff, English is the only language in which your nose runs and your feet smell.