.Open Sudoku Seminar
. Plan For Seminar
(Date and Place): Oct 28th 10-12 Jack Brown Hall CSUSB
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  10:00 Meet and greet with snacks and coffee (10 minutes)
($Introduction)
  10:10 Open session (Dr. Botting facilitates, 30 minutes)
  10:40 Sudoku by Computer, Part 1 (Dr. Botting, 30 minutes)
.See ./sudoku.rjb.html
  11:10 Sudoku by Computer, Part 2 (Dr. Voigt, 30 minutes)
.See http://csci.csusb.edu/voigt/sudoku/seminar.html
  11:40 Wrap up (10 minutes)
  11:50 End of meeting, 10 minutes to get to next meeting.
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. More Resources
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 (Dr. Georgiou EMACS scripts): 
.See ./sudoku.emacs2.txt
(play game) and
.See ./sudoku.emacs1.txt
(solve it)
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. Introduction
Sudoku puzzle
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 a distraction,
 entertainment, 
 addiction 
 international phenomenon like:
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 Logic Puzzles
 Mine Sweeper
 Rubrik's Cube
 Instant Insanity
 The 12 Coins Problem
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. Use in Class
It provides a nice example that teachers can use in class.
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 Discrete mathematics -- graph coloring
 Statistics -- degrees of freedom
 Programming Languages -- Prolog
 Data Structures
 Analysis of Algorithms
 Formal Methods
 Artificial Intelligence
 More?
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. Description
.Image sudoku9.gif A 9><9 Sudoku puzzle
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	Nine rows.  Nine columns.  Nine digits.  Nine 3><3 regions.
	(Row0): Each row contains each digit once and once only.
	(Col0): Each column contains each digit once and once only.
	(Box0): Each region contains each digit once and once only.
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Here is a link to other 9><9 puzzles
.See http://www.websudoku.com/
on a popular "Web Sudoku" site.

The 
(Wikipedia sudoku entry):  
.See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku
provides a excellent description of the puzzle
complete with solution strategies.

. Next
.See ./sudoku.rjb.html
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