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"""Generator for Sudoku graphs | |
This module gives a generator for n-Sudoku graphs. It can be used to develop | |
algorithms for solving or generating Sudoku puzzles. | |
A completed Sudoku grid is a 9x9 array of integers between 1 and 9, with no | |
number appearing twice in the same row, column, or 3x3 box. | |
+---------+---------+---------+ | |
| | 8 6 4 | | 3 7 1 | | 2 5 9 | | |
| | 3 2 5 | | 8 4 9 | | 7 6 1 | | |
| | 9 7 1 | | 2 6 5 | | 8 4 3 | | |
+---------+---------+---------+ | |
| | 4 3 6 | | 1 9 2 | | 5 8 7 | | |
| | 1 9 8 | | 6 5 7 | | 4 3 2 | | |
| | 2 5 7 | | 4 8 3 | | 9 1 6 | | |
+---------+---------+---------+ | |
| | 6 8 9 | | 7 3 4 | | 1 2 5 | | |
| | 7 1 3 | | 5 2 8 | | 6 9 4 | | |
| | 5 4 2 | | 9 1 6 | | 3 7 8 | | |
+---------+---------+---------+ | |
The Sudoku graph is an undirected graph with 81 vertices, corresponding to | |
the cells of a Sudoku grid. It is a regular graph of degree 20. Two distinct | |
vertices are adjacent if and only if the corresponding cells belong to the | |
same row, column, or box. A completed Sudoku grid corresponds to a vertex | |
coloring of the Sudoku graph with nine colors. | |
More generally, the n-Sudoku graph is a graph with n^4 vertices, corresponding | |
to the cells of an n^2 by n^2 grid. Two distinct vertices are adjacent if and | |
only if they belong to the same row, column, or n by n box. | |
References | |
---------- | |
.. [1] Herzberg, A. M., & Murty, M. R. (2007). Sudoku squares and chromatic | |
polynomials. Notices of the AMS, 54(6), 708-717. | |
.. [2] Sander, Torsten (2009), "Sudoku graphs are integral", | |
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 16 (1): Note 25, 7pp, MR 2529816 | |
.. [3] Wikipedia contributors. "Glossary of Sudoku." Wikipedia, The Free | |
Encyclopedia, 3 Dec. 2019. Web. 22 Dec. 2019. | |
""" | |
import networkx as nx | |
from networkx.exception import NetworkXError | |
__all__ = ["sudoku_graph"] | |
def sudoku_graph(n=3): | |
"""Returns the n-Sudoku graph. The default value of n is 3. | |
The n-Sudoku graph is a graph with n^4 vertices, corresponding to the | |
cells of an n^2 by n^2 grid. Two distinct vertices are adjacent if and | |
only if they belong to the same row, column, or n-by-n box. | |
Parameters | |
---------- | |
n: integer | |
The order of the Sudoku graph, equal to the square root of the | |
number of rows. The default is 3. | |
Returns | |
------- | |
NetworkX graph | |
The n-Sudoku graph Sud(n). | |
Examples | |
-------- | |
>>> G = nx.sudoku_graph() | |
>>> G.number_of_nodes() | |
81 | |
>>> G.number_of_edges() | |
810 | |
>>> sorted(G.neighbors(42)) | |
[6, 15, 24, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 51, 52, 53, 60, 69, 78] | |
>>> G = nx.sudoku_graph(2) | |
>>> G.number_of_nodes() | |
16 | |
>>> G.number_of_edges() | |
56 | |
References | |
---------- | |
.. [1] Herzberg, A. M., & Murty, M. R. (2007). Sudoku squares and chromatic | |
polynomials. Notices of the AMS, 54(6), 708-717. | |
.. [2] Sander, Torsten (2009), "Sudoku graphs are integral", | |
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 16 (1): Note 25, 7pp, MR 2529816 | |
.. [3] Wikipedia contributors. "Glossary of Sudoku." Wikipedia, The Free | |
Encyclopedia, 3 Dec. 2019. Web. 22 Dec. 2019. | |
""" | |
if n < 0: | |
raise NetworkXError("The order must be greater than or equal to zero.") | |
n2 = n * n | |
n3 = n2 * n | |
n4 = n3 * n | |
# Construct an empty graph with n^4 nodes | |
G = nx.empty_graph(n4) | |
# A Sudoku graph of order 0 or 1 has no edges | |
if n < 2: | |
return G | |
# Add edges for cells in the same row | |
for row_no in range(n2): | |
row_start = row_no * n2 | |
for j in range(1, n2): | |
for i in range(j): | |
G.add_edge(row_start + i, row_start + j) | |
# Add edges for cells in the same column | |
for col_no in range(n2): | |
for j in range(col_no, n4, n2): | |
for i in range(col_no, j, n2): | |
G.add_edge(i, j) | |
# Add edges for cells in the same box | |
for band_no in range(n): | |
for stack_no in range(n): | |
box_start = n3 * band_no + n * stack_no | |
for j in range(1, n2): | |
for i in range(j): | |
u = box_start + (i % n) + n2 * (i // n) | |
v = box_start + (j % n) + n2 * (j // n) | |
G.add_edge(u, v) | |
return G | |