Judecătorul care a provocat o febră mondială. Cum a ajuns Sudoku în ziarele din toată lumea

Sudoku, often mistakenly thought to be an ancient Japanese game, actually originated in the USA in 1979. The modern version was created by Howard Garns and first appeared in a magazine. The name 'sudoku' comes from Japan, where it was popularized by the publisher Nikoli in 1984. Wayne Gould played a significant role in its global success by developing a computer program to generate puzzles, leading to widespread publication in newspapers. Mathematicians have calculated an astronomical number of possible Sudoku grids, and research shows that a puzzle must have at least 17 clues for a unique solution.