Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Sudorku redorx

Another, somewhat drier, question that occurred to me: what is the total number of possible solution grids for a sudoku puzzle? I.e., how many ways are there to consruct a 9x9 grid that has "the sudoku property"?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What, briefly, is the sudoku property? I tried reading the Wiki entry, but frankly got bored 2 paragraphs in.

Maybe I should just go back to watching my MTV...

RWH said...

By "the sudoku property" I mean that each row, column, and 3x3 box contains each digit 1 - 9 exactly once.

Anonymous said...

hehe, he said portmanteau.