Terminology An easy sudoku is called 'solvable by singles only'.
In general one will want to annotate the diagram while solving it. That is more efficient (it saves repeated rechecking the same things) and allows more powerful arguments.
The most useful type of annotation is the pair. If examination of where a digit has to be in some row, column or box does not yield a unique position, but two possibilities, then write a small line and the digit involved. E.g., in
one sees that there are two possibilities for the 7 in the middle left box, and writes
Now it is clear that the 7 in the middle right box is uniquely determined:
Terminology A pair is variously called 'strong pair', 'conjugate pair', 'bilocation'. Do not confuse a pair with a double pair (see below) or 2-set.
