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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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 of America
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coversConcept Go endgames
Hackenbush
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Sprague–Grundy theorem
impartial games
partizan games
surreal numbers
field combinatorial game theory
recreational mathematics
genre non-fiction
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surface form: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 1

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surface form: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 2

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surface form: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 3

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surface form: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Volume 4
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surface form: 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

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