I counted one trillion or 9! * 3!^8 * 2 : the 8 because you have can choose 3 independent permutations of columns inside column blocks + 1 permutation of column

I counted one trillion or 9! * 3!^8 * 2 : the 8 because you have can choose 3 independent permutations of columns inside column blocks + 1 permutation of column blocks, plus same for rows. Then only one rotation should be counted, because flips are included in col/row permutations. I think wreath products relate to the second sentence; see this page, which mentions the same result: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Sudoku#The_sudoku_symmetry_group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Sudoku#The_sudo...