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    My husband is obsessed with a certain type of puzzle, the name of which is actually an abbreviation. It was possibly inspired by the invention of a famed mathematician, and even a character on a television drama has been seen trying to solve an example. What is this puzzle, what is the translation of its full name, and who was the mathematician?

    Question #65515. Asked by lanfranco. (May 09 06 4:14 PM)


    ceetee

    		Sudoku.
    "Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru" (�”Žš‚Í“Æ�g‚ÉŒÀ‚é, "Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru"?), meaning "the digits must remain single".
    Based on Leonhard Euler's "Latin squares"
    Read all about it at
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku

    May 09 06, 5:20 PM
    lanfranco

    		A yay to you, Ceetee!

    I posted this question because today is my husband's (aka The Maven's) birthday, and I've given him an electronic Sudoku generator as one of his gifts.

    I may end up regretting this.

    May 09 06, 5:43 PM

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