OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This Sudoku contains 27 (internal and external) diagonals.
Conjecture: This is the maximum for a Xoox-free grid.
More are possible (45 in the example) if the grid is allowed to contain Xoox's (ambiguous Sudoku's).
EXAMPLE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
6 5 4 9 8 7 3 2 1
7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7
4 6 5 7 9 8 1 3 2
8 9 7 2 3 1 5 6 4
3 1 2 6 4 5 9 7 8
5 4 6 8 7 9 2 1 3
9 7 8 3 1 2 6 4 5
A Xoox is for example:
14
41
and is not necessarily adjacent.
This grid:
1 8 3 4 2 6 7 5 9
6 5 4 9 8 7 3 2 1
7 2 9 1 5 3 4 8 6
2 9 1 5 3 4 8 6 7
4 6 5 7 9 8 1 3 2
8 3 7 2 6 1 5 9 4
3 7 2 6 1 5 9 4 8
5 4 6 8 7 9 2 1 3
9 1 8 3 4 2 6 7 5
contains 45 diagonals, but also 36 Xoox's, for example the 1 and 5 on rows 1 and 8.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jon Perry, Mar 12 2013
STATUS
approved