Sudoku

SUDOKU: LOGICAL NUMBER PUZZLE DEVOID OF ARITHMETIC 1 MAT 135 Final Paper Strand One - J.D. Thomason Strand One: Historical Significance An examination of the history of the Sudoku puzzle should begin with a clarification of its ancestral roots. Sudoku is commonly mistaken as a derivation of the magic square, in which the sum of every diagonal, row, and column of a grid adds up to the same number. Other than the fact that Sudoku takes place on a grid, this assumption could not be further from the truth. The true ancestor to Sudoku is a combinatorial object known as a Latin square (Delahaye, 2006; Hirst, 2016). A Latin square is a matrix of n 2 cells arranged in a grid with n cells on each side. Such a matrix with n cells on each side is said…

Doctors at the University of Munich reported a bizarre case of a 25-year-old student that developed clonic seizures in his left arm. The physical education student was buried in an avalanche while on vacation which resulted in his brain being deprived of oxygen for about 15 minutes. The student developed “shock-like contractions” in both the mouth muscles when trying to talk and in his legs when he would try to walk. Weeks later while the student, who is right-handed, was attempting to solve…

Cutting precisely on the lines, making sure I didn’t stray and accidently cut out part of an article, I carefully extracted the Sudoku puzzle from the daily newspaper before my father came to the breakfast table to read it. Then, working as fast as I could, I began deciphering the puzzle, eliminating numbers I knew didn’t belong in a certain box and writing, in tiny print, all the numbers that could potentially fit. Gradually, as the pieces came together, the completed puzzle unfolded. I glanced…

Even though the aging process is inevitable, I plan on slowing down the physical losses during middle adulthood by staying active throughout the rest of my life. It is important for me to make healthy decisions even right now, because during midlife our lifestyle choices catch up to us. I hope to avoid secondary aging by not exposing myself to risk factors such as smoking, an unhealthy diet, and inactivity. To avoid unnecessary aging, I know that I will continue with activities I enjoy in my…

My dad is a logic lover, and plays all kinds of puzzles: Sudoku, logic puzzles, jigsaw puzzles… Game books and plastic puzzles can be found everywhere in his study. He spends most of his spare time working on them, and sometimes he is even willing to miss sleep to finish a jigsaw puzzle. My dad also likes to play card games such as 24-point and cribbage. He believes these games exercise his brain and help him keep his thinking sharp. For me, puzzles and cards have always been my toys; I grew up…

not needed for the definitions, because the speaker only talks about the difference between the two arts to make sure there was not ambiguity in his arguments. This contrasts to the slides where the author is taking a stance. The second slide in the remix contains an image showing the University of Michigan and Michigan State University rivalry. This rivalry is very well understood by residents of Michigan as being a very polarizing argument. With the text of “In constant conflict” the…

I would give consideration to these two areas as I plan my lesson and instruction. Another consideration I would make is: where the devices and games are coming from. Personally I think bringing in games like Sudoku or Yahtzee are great for problem solving. However, I would be a bit apprehensive when it comes to hand held personal gaming devices. In addition I would need to add in my own rules about the games to ensure that the students are using them as directed and in a way that encourages…

I’ve had a knack for remembering my friends’ phone numbers, patterns in license-plate numbers, and even multiplying numbers mentally. In High School, I developed an interest in software programming and am very interested in logic and algorithms to solve tough mathematical problems. Programming is fundamentally about creating solutions to problems. At the end of the day, you have created something that didn’t exist that morning, and that is in and of itself satisfying. While constructing the…

The first challenge was what charity we would represent. My partner and I both made a list and then compared. We both listed the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital as our cause which led us to the Children’s Miracle Network as our charity. Team “Miracle Makers” was now ready for action. The Survivor teams spent the school week at the high school where we were deprived of many of the things we often took for granted such as comfortable beds and access to our favorite foods. Combined…

aerobic exercise can improve sharpness and speed of thinking process, cognitive reserve in the brain, and also increase volume of the brain too (Svoboda, 2009). In addition, comparison between people who do aerobic exercise and people who do not aerobic exercise demonstrated people who do aerobic exercise have more white and gray matters in their brain, which is the area of brain cells. So, aerobic exercise can increase the amount of brain cells, and these brain cells can be begun cognitive…