Mini Sudoku

Sudoku is a one-player game where the player tries to fill the spaces of an nxn grid using numbers 1 to n, where n is a natural number, such that every column and every row contains exactly one of each number.

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Numbers of Polycubes

Let’s define polycubes as three dimensional shapes made up of unit cubes connected by shared faces.

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Tiling with Polynominoes

Let’s consider tiling square grids using polynominoes of any number of units.

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Perimeters of Polynominoes

If we separate all tetrominoes according to their perimeters, we would have two groups.

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Symmetry of Polynominoes

Polynominoes are figures made up of square units connected by edges.

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Tiling with Tetrominoes

Let’s consider tiling square grids with tetrominoes.  Pieces can be rotated, reflected, and repeated as needed.

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Complete Scrambles

Consider trying to scramble a string of numbers, say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but with the requirement that none of the numbers can end up where they started.  Let’s define this as a complete scramble.

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Flattening Cubes

We want to flatten the outer shell of a cube without tearing or stretching the surface.

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Cube Solids

For all questions in this problem, let’s ignore the effects of gravity, which means higher unit cubes can float in space without lower unit cubes to support them.

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