Problem Solve a well-posed sudoku puzzle. What Sudoku is a popular game that many of you are familiar with. The main idea of the game is to fill a grid with only the numbers from 1 to 9, while ensuring that each row and each column as well as each sub-grid of 9 elements does not contain duplicate numbers. Examples Example 1: ...
Problem Determine if a 9 x 9 Sudoku board is valid. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the following rules: Each row must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition. Each column must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition. Each of the nine 3 x 3 sub-boxes of the grid must contain the digits 1-9 without repetition. Note: A Sudoku board (partially filled) could be valid but is not necessarily solvable. Only the filled cells need to be validated according to the mentioned rules. The Sudoku board could be partially filled, where empty cells are filled with the character ‘.’. ...
Problem The n-queens puzzle is the problem of placing n queens on an n x n chessboard such that no two queens attack each other. Given an integer n, return all distinct solutions to the n-queens puzzle. You may return the answer in any order. Each solution contains a distinct board configuration of the n-queens’ placement, where 'Q' and '.' both indicate a queen and an empty space, respectively. ...