Sudoku is a combinatorial number‑placement puzzle played on a 9×9 grid divided into nine 3×3 sub‑grids, called regions. The objective is to fill the grid so that each column, row, and region contains all digits from 1 to 9 exactly once.
The number of pre‑filled cells, known as givens, together with the chosen difficulty level, determines how many logical constraints a solver must satisfy. Fewer givens and higher difficulty increase the search space and the complexity of deduction.
By modelling the puzzle as a set of constraints, we can estimate the overall solving effort. The total constraint count (C) can be approximated as the product of the given‑cell count (G) and a difficulty factor f(d), which reflects the strength of techniques required.
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