Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays

Volume 1

Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2018 | 2nd edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-42758-7 (ISBN)

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This is a text on games and how to play them intelligently. In Volume 1, the authors do the spade work, presenting theories and techniques to "dissect" games of varied structures and formats in order to develop winning strategies.

This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new, four volume edition. This book has laid the foundation to a mathematical approach to playing games. The wise authors wield witty words, which wangle wonderfully winning ways. In Volume 1, the authors do the Spade Work, presenting theories and techniques to "dissect" games of varied structures and formats in order to develop winning strategies.

Berlekamp , Elwyn R.; Conway , John H.; Guy , Richard K.

Preface to Second Edition, Preface, Spade-Work!, 1. WhoseGame?, 2. Finding the Correct Number is Simplicity Itself, 3. Some Harder Games and How to Make Them Easier, 4. Taking and Breaking, 5. Numbers, Nimbers and Numberless Wonders, 6. The Heat of Battle, 7. Hackenbush, 8. It’s a Small Small Small Small World, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.05.2018
Reihe/Serie	AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 255 mm
Gewicht	771 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
ISBN-10	1-138-42758-6 / 1138427586
ISBN-13	978-1-138-42758-7 / 9781138427587
Zustand	Neuware