Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 3

ISBN-13: 9781138427563 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 342 str.

Elwyn R. Berlekamp

Opis

This is a text on games and how to play them intelligently. In this volume, the authors examine games played in clubs, giving case studies for coin and paper-and-pencil games, such as Dots-and-Boxes and Nimstring.

Spis treści

Games in Clubs! 14 Turn and Turn About 15 Chips and Strips 16 Dots-and-Boxes 17 Spots and Sprouts 18 The Emperor and His Money 19 The King and the Consumer 20 Fox and Geese 21 Hare and Hounds 22 Lines and Squares

O autorze

Elwyn Berlekamp was born in Dover, Ohio, on September 6, 1940. He has been Professor of Mathematics and of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science at UC Berkeley since 1971. He has also been active in several technology business ventures. In addition to writing many journal articles and several books, Berlekamp also has 12 patented inventions, mostly dealing with algorithms for synchronization and error correction. John H. Conway was born in Liverpool, England, on December 26, 1937. He is one of the preeminent theorists in the study of finite groups and the mathematical study of knots, and has written over 10 books and more than 140 journal articles. Richard Guy was born in Nuneaton, England, on September 30, 1916. He has taught mathematics at many levels and in many places— England, Singapore, India, and Canada. Since 1965 he has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Calgary, and is now Faculty Professor and Emeritus Professor. The university awarded him an Honorary Degree in 1991. He was Noyce Professor at Grinnell College in 2000.