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Letter: Logical puzzle

Published 2 November 2005

From John Feather

Michael Atiyah is quoted as thinking that Sudoku could spur an interest in mathematics among young people (15 October, p 16). Sudoku is a logical game, not a mathematical one. The numbers used are simply convenient symbols. Presumably he has not played the game himself.

London, UK

Issue no. 2524 published 5 November 2005

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