Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays

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Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays is a multi-volume book on combinatorial game theory that popularizes and systematically explores mathematical games and their underlying structures.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → combinatorial game theory book → mathematics book →
author	Elwyn R. Berlekamp → John H. Conway → Richard K. Guy →
citationRecognizedIn	mathematical literature on combinatorial games →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
coversConcept	Go endgames → Hackenbush → Nim → Sprague–Grundy theorem → impartial games → partizan games → surreal numbers →
field	combinatorial game theory → recreational mathematics →
genre	non-fiction →
hasCanonicalAbbreviation	Winning Ways →
hasIllustrations	yes →
hasPart	Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 1 → Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 2 → Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 3 → Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 4 →
hasRevisedEdition	Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays (second edition) →
influenced	research in combinatorial game theory → subsequent books on mathematical games →
language	English →
libraryOfCongressSubject	Games of strategy (Mathematics) →
notableFor	popularization of combinatorial game theory → systematic treatment of impartial and partizan games →
numberOfVolumes	4 →
originalPublicationDate	1982 →
publisher	Academic Press →
relatedWork	On Numbers and Games → The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play →
secondEditionPublicationPeriod	2000s →
subject	game theory → mathematical games →
targetAudience	advanced students → mathematicians → recreational mathematics enthusiasts →
teaches	algebraic structure of games → analysis of winning strategies in finite games →
writingStyle	humorous → informal →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 1") → Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 2") → Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 3") → Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 4") →	hasPart
Elwyn R. Berlekamp → John H. Conway → Richard K. Guy →	notableWork
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Nim") →	coversConcept
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Winning Ways") →	hasCanonicalAbbreviation
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ("Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays (second edition)") →	hasRevisedEdition
On Numbers and Games →	influenced