Origin of Sudoku
By ankush_uict
@ankush_uict (512)
India
June 18, 2008 3:05pm CST
hey anyone can tell me how sudoku evolved or how did it came into existence. Sudoku is currently the most played game by all age groups, across all the continents and across all religions with childish vigour and enthuthiasm. so how come this game started and who invented it???
2 responses
@balasri (26537)
• India
19 Jun 08
Swiss mathematician Lienhard euler developed the latin squares which is the first form of Sudoku.The dell magazine in the US 1970s began publishing Sudoku puzzles by using Eulers concept with a 9 to 9 grid. It was developed with a puzzle maker Howward garnes. In the 1980s the Japanese puzzzle giant published a version of it and it was an instant great hit in Japan. Nikoli named it Sudoku the current name .SU mans number and DOKU means a single place in Japanese. Satisfied?
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@ankush_uict (512)
• India
19 Jun 08
hey that was a hell lot of informative. thanks i loved that information. it has helped me satiate some of my curiousity.
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@ankush_uict (512)
• India
19 Jun 08
Sure and you kinda deserved it. it helped me a lot. Sure will keep in touch. And surely looking forward to more enthutiastic discussions.
@ankush_uict (512)
• India
19 Jun 08
hey, that's weird, i mean the game is now almost three years old. i.e. its almost three years now since it took the world by storm. Anyways how mch do you play and how engrossed you become when you play that game??
And yes you are right about Sudoku being a genius japanese production. But i didnot know that the word sudoku has meaning too. That was quite a bit of knowledge for me.
