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Finnish math genius unveils world's toughest sudoku
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Finnish math genius unveils world's toughest sudoku
Finnish math genius unveils world's toughest sudoku

Arto Inkala slogged over it for three months and used a specialised computer software that ran through billions of calculations.

"This one is much more difficult. It will take a long time to solve. No one's managed it yet," The Sun quoted Inkala as saying.

In a sudoku, the objective is to fill in the grid so every column, row and group of nine squares contain the digits one to nine.

Inkala said: "Normal sudoku puzzle logic eliminates the possibilities for each box in two or three steps.

"But this one requires puzzlers to think ahead eight or nine steps at a time - making very long deductions to eliminate the possible candidates for each box."

He had developed a sudoku in 2006, but that one was cracked by experts within 24 hours.
But this time, Inkala feels it would take weeks to solve.

And he added in good measure: "I'm already working on my next one."

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(Published 19 August 2010, 13:17 IST)