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Martin Gardner
Winning Ways is the greatest contribution of this century to the burgeoning field of recreational mathematics.
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... explores "partisan" games of infinitely many positions and "loopy" unending and impartial games
Winning Ways is the greatest contribution of this century to the burgeoning field of recreational mathematics.
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... explores "partisan" games of infinitely many positions and "loopy" unending and impartial games
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 14 books Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: complimenting moves, infinite tolls, loopy games, misère play, tame options (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: Hot Battles Followed, Noah's Ark Theorem, Sidling Theorem, Games Entailed, Games Eternal (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Inside This Book
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First Sentence:
In sums of games it is a move in just one part that counts as a move in the sum. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
complimenting moves, infinite tolls, loopy games, misère play, tame options, mex rule, right remoteness, suspense numbers, normal impartial, entailing move, impartial games, reversible moves, right tallies, right tally, left tally, tame game, hot battles, total play, normal play, slow join, pass move, left option Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hot Battles Followed, Noah's Ark Theorem, Sidling Theorem, Games Entailed, Games Eternal, Lost World, Wyt Queens, Top Entails, All the King's Horses, Backsliding Toads-and-Frogs, Even More Games, Stop Press, All Square, Bill Spight, There May Be Open Positions, Winning Ways New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Exce
In sums of games it is a move in just one part that counts as a move in the sum. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
complimenting moves, infinite tolls, loopy games, misère play, tame options, mex rule, right remoteness, suspense numbers, normal impartial, entailing move, impartial games, reversible moves, right tallies, right tally, left tally, tame game, hot battles, total play, normal play, slow join, pass move, left option Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hot Battles Followed, Noah's Ark Theorem, Sidling Theorem, Games Entailed, Games Eternal, Lost World, Wyt Queens, Top Entails, All the King's Horses, Backsliding Toads-and-Frogs, Even More Games, Stop Press, All Square, Bill Spight, There May Be Open Positions, Winning Ways New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Exce