Sudoku puzzles, and their variants, have become extremely popular in the last decade, and can now be found daily in most major U.S. newspapers. In addition to the countless books of Sudoku puzzles, there are many guides to Sudoku strategy and logic. (Some good references are the books [1, 3], and
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