In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new developments, the Second Edition retains the original's wealth of wit and wisdom. The authors' insightful strategies, blended with their witty and irreverent style, make reading a profitable pleasure. In Volume 3, the authors examine Games played in Clubs, giving case studies for coin and paper-and-pencil...
In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book ha...
This is a text on games and how to play them intelligently. In this volume, the authors present a diamond of a find, covering one-player games such as Solitaire.
This is a text on games and how to play them intelligently. In this volume, the authors present a diamond of a find, covering one-player games such as...
In THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, two famous mathematicians fascinated by beautiful and intriguing number patterns share their insights and discoveries with each other and with readers. John Conway is the showman, master of mathematical games and flamboyant presentations; Richard Guy is the encyclopedist, always on top of problems waiting to be solved. Together they show us why patterns and properties of numbers have captivated mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike for centuries. THE BOOK OF NUMBERS features Conway and Guy's favorite stories about all the kinds of numbers any of us is likely to...
In THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, two famous mathematicians fascinated by beautiful and intriguing number patterns share their insights and discoveries with eac...
Dieses Buch solI die Beziehung zwischen zwei Lieblingsgebieten des Autors beleuchte- namlich der Theorie der transfiniten ZaWen und der Theorie der mathematischen Spiele. Einige wenige Zusammenhange sind zwar schon seit geraumer Zeit bekannt, aber es diirfte bis jetzt nicht moglich gewesen sein, eine Theorie der reellen ZaWen zu erhalten, die sowoW einfacher als auch umfassender ist als jene Dedekinds, indem Zahlen einfach als die Starke von Positionen in gewissen Spielen definiert werden. Dabei folgen die tibli chen Ordnungseigenschaften und arithmetischen Operationen fast sofort aus...
Dieses Buch solI die Beziehung zwischen zwei Lieblingsgebieten des Autors beleuchte- namlich der Theorie der transfiniten ZaWen und der Theorie der ma...
Der vierte Band, Solitairspiele" behandelt Ein-Personen-Spiele mit Ausnahme von Schach, Go etc. Ein Hauptteil ist dem beruhmten, Game of Life" gewidmet."
Der vierte Band, Solitairspiele" behandelt Ein-Personen-Spiele mit Ausnahme von Schach, Go etc. Ein Hauptteil ist dem beruhmten, Game of Life" gewidme...
A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished Polya's deft--indeed, brilliant--instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of the problem.
A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and ...