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13th August 2007
With the Dollar at two for one against the Pound we want to give puzzles solvers in the
United States and Canada a better deal. We ship the Logic of Sudoku from the UK which adds about
$6 to the cost. For this summer only we're knocking this down to 10 cents!! Pick your country below
and see the reduced price.
7th March 2007
Thank you to everyone who has expressed an interest in this book.
We are very excited about the whole project and the response since announcing it in November last year.
We have received the book from the printers and are despatching all orders.
If you would like to order the book, please enter your delivery address so we can calculate postage and
packaging. We can accept Pounds, Dollars or Euros. It is very important that you follow links back to our
web site so that we know a purchase has taken place.
Thanks to everyone who has helped with this project
The team at MM Publishing
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About the Book
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This is the definitive book of sudoku strategies and a "must have" for
every logic puzzle enthusiast. Everything you'll ever need to know
about solving sudoku is here in one volume. Packed with schemes that explain
the how, where and why of sudoku solving, The Logic of Sudoku will
allow you to tame even the most recalcitrant puzzles.
Andrew C Stuart is the one of the world's foremost experts in sudoku strategy. As technical
director of MM Multimedia Ltd, the company behind Michael Mepham's puzzle empire
and a programmer for 20 years, he has concentrated on little else but the logic
of puzzles for nearly two years. It is this work that has now been concentrated
into a volume that is designed for the sudoku enthusiast. The Logic of Sudoku
is written in everyday language and includes numerous tutorials and examples
that will engage any sudoku fan for many happy hours.
"This is a book for the puzzler of any
level of experience: the beginner will learn how it's all done and the experienced
solver will gain insights to the latest strategies to solve the most fiendish
sudoku devised."
- Michael Mepham
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256 Pages
58 Sudoku Strategies explained
1 Year in production
196 illustrations and diagrams, 68 exercises and puzzles
Specific Jigsaw and Killer Strategies
Solve any Tough, Diabolical or Extreme
Be the first to own it
Pre-order now!
Or buy it on Amazon (soon)
Subjects Covered
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- Known and Unknown in Sudoku
- How Many Sudoku Puzzles Are There?
- What Is the Minimum Number of Clues?
- Logical Strategies and Trial and Error
- 2. Starting Out
- 3. Naked Pairs
- 4. Naked Triples
- 5. Naked Quads
- 6. Hidden Pairs
- 7. Hidden Triples
- 8. Hidden Quads
- 9. Pointing Pairs
- 10. Box/Line Reduction
- 11. The X-Wing Family
- 12. Sword-Fish
- 13. Jelly-Fish
- 14. Generalizing X-Wing
- 15. Seeing Is Believing
- 16. Simple Colouring (or Chains)
- 17. Multi-Colouring, Types 1 and 2
- 18. Y-Wing Strategy
- 19. XYZ-Wing Strategy
- 20. WXYZ-Wing Strategy
- 21. Y-Wing Chains
- 22. XY-Chain Strategy
- 23. Remote Pairs
- 24. Forcing Chains
- The Dual Forcing Chain
- The Triple Forcing Chain
- 25. X-Cycles Introducing Nice Loops
- Nice Loop Rule 1
- Discontinuous X-Cycles
- Nice Loop Rule 2
- Nice Loop Rule 3
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- 26. Grouped X-Cycles
- 27. Alternating Inference Chains
- Grouped Alternating Inference Chains
- 29. Almost Locked Sets (ALSs)
- The Almost Locked Set XZ Rule
- 30. Almost Locked Sets in Chains
- 31. Finned and Filleted X-Wings
- The Sashimi Observation
- 32. Pattern Overlay Method
- 33. Fillet-o-Fish Strategy
- Filleting Generalized
- 34. Aligned Pair Exclusion
- Extended Aligned Pair Exclusion
- 35. Empty Rectangles
- 36. Sue-de-Coq
- 37. Death Blossom
- 38. Unique Rectangles
- Spotting the "Deadly Pattern"
- Type 1 Unique Rectangles
- Type 2 Unique Rectangles
- Type 2b Unique Rectangles
- Type 3 Unique Rectangles
- Type 4 Unique Rectangles
- Type 4b Unique Rectangles
- 39. The Hidden Unique Rectangle
- 40. Avoidable Rectangles
- Other Avoidable Rectangles
- 41. Bi-Value Universal Grave
- 42. Jigsaw Sudoku: The Law of Leftovers
- 44. Killer Sudoku
- 45. Cell Combinations Strategy
- 46. Innies and Outies
- 47. Cage Splitting
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