> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phoebus R. Dokos (Î¦Î¿Î¯Î²Î¿Ï Î¡. ÎÏÏκοÏ)" <> > >> > > BTW: Incorrectly it is mentioned (I think by Geoff) in the latest QLT that > > Sudoku is of Japanese origin. > > Sudoku was originally called Number Place and it is an American invention > > dating to 1979 (Together with the ZX80) > >
I suspect you are incorrect FFibys ! The original American 'Number Place' was brought to the US by a retired judge - Holmes (I think). He called it Number Place from the original Japanese (which I cannot remember - or type). He is the man responsible for introducing it to The Times newspaper over here in the UK and the rest, they say, is history. Source : Christmas & New Year 2005 special issue of New Scientist magazine. Cheers, Norman.
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