Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Simon Anthony (from Cracking the Cryptic) shows us an incredible sudoku set by a mathematician. See the Phistomefel Ring at: youtu.be/pezlnN4X52g
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Cracking the Cryptic: youtube.com/c/CrackingTheCryptic
See Simon crack the puzzle at: youtu.be/qvfBBhhCLxo

Another Numberphile video about Sudoku: youtu.be/MlyTq-xVkQE

Thanks also to mathguy_12 (Nathan Hallmark) - see his research at: https://repository.flsouthern.edu/items/16c6d2fe-3640-409f-89f2-232ace2dbdd3

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