University Studies 3-Fall 2013 

Freshman Seminar-Taking Sudoku Seriously: Everything you wanted to know, and less ---FALL 2013 (Thursdays 11-11:50 am ET 201)

TEXT "Taking Sudoku Seriously," by Jason Rosenhouse and Laura Taalman, 2011. Available online at (pdffile)

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION-DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Scroll down to Physical Sciences

Welcome Message-email sent September 23, 2013 (pdffile)

Suggested References from September 26 meeting

Suggested References from October 10 meeting

Suggested References for October 17 meeting

Summary of October 24 meeting

Aftermath of October 31 meeting (puzzle partially done in class; notes for diagrams of examples in chapter 7 of Gordon; two puzzles I did after class)

Aftermath of November 7 meeting puzzle partially done in class #73 (with a mistake); Gordon's book chapter 8 part 1 pp59-63; part 2 pp. 64-68; puzzles pp. 57,69,70; my notes for examples in chapter 8 of Gordon (Examples 17-23); puzzle 70 (not done in class but exhibiting two X-wings)

Suggested References for Term projects from November 14 meeting

Aftermath of November 21 meeting Presentation by Professor David Eppstein, UCI, ICS of Bivalue graphs, including Example 34 in chapter 10