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The linear system for Sudoku and a fractional completion threshold

2023/10/23 by Peter J. Dukes, Dukes, Peter J., Kate Nimegeers +1
Engineering · #graph theory and CDMA systems

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.15279

Abstract

We study a system of linear equations associated with Sudoku latin squares. The coefficient matrix M of the normal system has various symmetries arising from Sudoku. From this, we find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of M, and compute a generalized inverse. Then, using linear perturbation methods, we obtain a fractional completion guarantee for sufficiently large and sparse rectangular-box Sudoku puzzles.

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