what is the minimum number of hints must be provide in a Sudoku with only one solution in order to reach the answer?

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what is the minimum number of hints must be provide in a Sudoku with only one solution in order to reach the answer?

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According this this link, $17$ is the smallest number of hints.

The paper is at http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0749 .