Roland Sprague
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Roland Sprague was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in combinatorial game theory, particularly in developing what became part of the Sprague–Grundy theorem.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roland Sprague canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
game theory
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recreational mathematics ⓘ |
| contributedTo | formal theory of impartial games ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorial game theory
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mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship | German ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Roland Sprague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheoremNamedAfter | Sprague–Grundy theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of impartial combinatorial game theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
foundational work in combinatorial game theory
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independent discovery of the Sprague–Grundy theorem ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Patrick Michael Grundy
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Roland Sprague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
provided a method to assign nimbers to impartial games
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showed every impartial game under normal play is equivalent to a Nim heap ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Sprague–Grundy function NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sprague–Grundy theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | mathematician ⓘ |
| partOf | history of combinatorial game theory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesCreditWith | Patrick Michael Grundy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
combinatorial aspects of games like Nim
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impartial combinatorial games ⓘ |
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