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[Sudoku Drawing] / Phillips, Tom., 2006

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Identifier: CC-45904-48602

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Scope and Contents

This print is modelled after the Japanese number game using colors for mathematical symbols. Sudoku, also known as Number Place or Nanpure, is a logic-based placement puzzle. The aim of the puzzle is to enter the digits 1 through 9 in each cell of a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called "regions") so that each row, column, and region contains exactly one instance of each digit. A set of clues, or "givens", constrain the puzzle such that there is only one way to correctly fill in the remainder. Completed sudoku puzzles are a type of Latin square, with the additional constraint on the contents of individual regions. Leonhard Euler is sometimes cited as the source of the puzzle based on his work with Latin squares. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2006

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 print (lithograph)) ; 58 x 58 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

drawer study Ph

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Tom Phillips 06 (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 25 total copies. 1 number copy. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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