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Sudoku is a fun game to play that has swept the world newspapers. There are many great sites on the web to learn, play and create games.

Sudoku 

Learn, Play and Create

Wikipedia on Sudoku
History of the game and listing of newspapers.
Sudoku Games
AllSudoku.com: Sudoku Games and Tools for Beginner or Obsessed. Features include email a game to a friend. Includes daily feed of new games and four levels of games to play.
Flash Tutorial for Beginners
If you've never played, this is a fairly good tutorial about how to play the game. From one of the biggest Japanese publishers of Sudoku books.
Let's Make Sudoku
If you really like playing, then creating Sudoku is then next step. Consider it more productive time than doodling.
Hamster Sudoku
Mashup of Flickr hamsters and Sudoku. Goofy fun.

Daily Game from AllSudoku.com 

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From Daily Sudoku.com 

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New Zealand Herald - Sudoku 

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Free Daily Sudoku 

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Su Doku Pro 

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The Math of Sudoku 

No arithmetic is required to solve Sudoku. You don't add or multiple the numbers. In fact the numbers could just as well be hamsters or any other nine symbols.

The logic of Sudoku is mathematics. For example, there are computer programs to solve and to create Sudoku. So it is now the subject of a large number of papers. This is not the definitive list but a place to start if you want to explore Sudoku in more depth.
Unwed Numbers
Consider this article in American Scientist Online as an introduction to the mathematics of Sudoku. Starting with three pages on the history of Sudoku, the article has four pages on Sudoku as a computational problem. These sections are "Counting Solutions", "NP or Not NP, That Is the Question", "Logic Rules" and "A Satisfied Mind". Short bibliography to more academic papers at end.
6670903752021072936960 Sudokus
Programs and link to article (.pdf) determining the number of possible grids.

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Sudoku Easy to Hard Presented by Will Shortz, Volume 2: 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles (Sudoku Easy to Hard)

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Sudoku Easy Presented by Will Shortz Volume 1: 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles

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Sudoku Classic Day-to-Day 2006

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Sudoku: More than 200 Fun and Challenging Japanese Number Puzzles

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The Official Book of Sudoku: Book 1

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New York Post Sudoku 1: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle (New York Post Su Doku)

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Master Sudoku: Step-by-Step Instructions for Players at All Levels

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Sudoku in the News 

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Lensmaster Disclaimer 

A disclaimer, I created the AllSudoku site.
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On vacation my friends were playing sudoku. So when I got back, to the web I went and tried to figure it out.

It is actually a great two person game. Give it a try. 

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