Abstract / Synopsis
The puzzle game Sudoku has been popular for over two decades, and even at one time became a craze for the public. This paper will briefly describe what the game is, a little bit of its history, and how to play it, but will leave the details to the many published books about the game. Some interesting and difficult mathematical problems relevant to the game will be highlighted, again leaving the detailed discussion to specific books published on this issue. The main point the paper tries to focus on is a discussion on the cognitive and the psychological aspects of the game and what lessons it offers to the teaching and learning of mathematics.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.BKVK8717
Recommended Citation
Man Keung Siu, "From Shudu [Sudoku 數獨] to Dushu [Learning of Mathematics 讀數]?," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 15 Issue 2 (July 2025), pages 311-333. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.BKVK8717. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol15/iss2/17
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