├── .gitignore
├── README.md
└── LICENSE


/.gitignore:
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 1 | # Compiled Object files
 2 | *.slo
 3 | *.lo
 4 | *.o
 5 | *.obj
 6 | 
 7 | # Precompiled Headers
 8 | *.gch
 9 | *.pch
10 | 
11 | # Compiled Dynamic libraries
12 | *.so
13 | *.dylib
14 | *.dll
15 | 
16 | # Fortran module files
17 | *.mod
18 | 
19 | # Compiled Static libraries
20 | *.lai
21 | *.la
22 | *.a
23 | *.lib
24 | 
25 | # Executables
26 | *.exe
27 | *.out
28 | *.app
29 | 


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/README.md:
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1 | # sudoku-solver
2 | 
3 | This program treats a sudoku puzzle as a [set cover problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_cover_problem)
4 | and then solves it using Knuth's [dancing links algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Links).
5 | 
6 | See [this blog article](https://gieseanw.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/solving-sudoku-revisited/) for an
7 | in-depth explanation of the idea.
8 | 


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/LICENSE:
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 1 | The MIT License (MIT)
 2 | 
 3 | Copyright (c) 2015 LearnProgramming Mentoring Community
 4 | 
 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
11 | 
12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software.
14 | 
15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
21 | SOFTWARE.
22 | 
23 | 


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