Did You Know?

The maximum number of givens in a Sudoku that still leaves the rest logically deducible (no trivial completion) can exceed 77.

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Math Insight

Backtracking — the algorithm most computers use to solve Sudoku — is a form of depth-first search with pruning.

Math Insight