Winning ways for your mathematical plays. Vol. 3 / Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berlekamp, Elwyn R.

Contributor:

Conway, John H. (John Horton)

Guy, Richard K.

Series:

Winning ways for your mathematical plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical recreations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Natick, Mass. : A.K. Peters, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 games, such as Dots-and-Boxes and Nimstring. From the Table of Contents: - Turn and Turn About - Chips and Strips - Dots-and-Boxes - Spots and Sprouts - The Emperor and His Money - The King and the Consumer - Fox and Geese; Hare and Hounds - Lines and Squares

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the Original Edition""; ""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""; ""The Game of Kinggo""; ""-20- Fox and Geese""; ""-21- Hare and Hounds""; ""-22- Lines and Squares""; ""Index to Volumes 1�3""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-94561-2

1-56881-596-4

1-56881-560-3

OCLC:

922955542