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The discussion focuses on developing a Java program to calculate the total number of possible Sudoku solutions for a board of size n. The user specifically seeks an algorithm rather than a method to solve the Sudoku puzzle. A reference to the mathematics of Sudoku is provided, indicating that the mathematical principles behind Sudoku can aid in understanding the solution space.

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I'm writing a program in java and I need to find an algorithm to calculate all possible sudoku solutions for a board of size n. I don't need to know how to solve it, just how many possibilities there are.
 
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you878 said:
I'm writing a program in java and I need to find an algorithm to calculate all possible sudoku solutions for a board of size n. I don't need to know how to solve it, just how many possibilities there are.

Are you looking for something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Sudoku"
 
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