Sudoku puzzles

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Logic puzzle
gptkbp:competition gptkb:World_Sudoku_Championship
gptkbp:difficulty gptkb:Easy
medium
Hard
Expert
gptkbp:digitizedBy Yes
gptkbp:firstPublished 1979
gptkbp:hasAgeSuitability All ages
gptkbp:hasBooksPublished Thousands
gptkbp:hasCognitiveBenefit Improves concentration
Improves logic
Improves problem-solving skills
gptkbp:hasFirstJapanesePublication 1984
gptkbp:hasGridSize 9x9
gptkbp:hasInternationalPopularity true
gptkbp:hasLanguageIndependence true
gptkbp:hasMathematicalBasis gptkb:Latin_squares
Combinatorics
gptkbp:hasMaximumSolutions Multiple (if not uniquely designed)
gptkbp:hasMeaningOfJapaneseName Single number
gptkbp:hasMinimumCluesForUniqueSolution 17
gptkbp:hasNumberOfPossibleCompletedGrids 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960
gptkbp:hasPrintVersion Yes
gptkbp:hasRule Each row must contain digits 1-9 without repetition
Each column must contain digits 1-9 without repetition
Each 3x3 box must contain digits 1-9 without repetition
gptkbp:hasUniqueSolutionRequirement true
gptkbp:hasVariant gptkb:Hyper_Sudoku
gptkb:Killer_Sudoku
gptkb:Mini_Sudoku
gptkb:Samurai_Sudoku
Jigsaw Sudoku
gptkbp:hasWorldRecordSolvingTime Under 1 minute (for easy puzzles)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sudoku puzzles
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Howard_Garns
gptkbp:JapaneseName 数独
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Nikoli
gptkbp:publicationFrequency Daily in many newspapers
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Dell_Pencil_Puzzles_and_Word_Games
gptkbp:puzzleType gptkb:Latin_square
gptkb:Kakuro
gptkb:KenKen
gptkb:Nonogram
gptkbp:socialMedia Mobile apps
Websites
gptkbp:usedInEducation Logic training
Math education
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Makoto_Ueki
gptkb:Brain_Age_2
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7