Winning ways for your mathematical plays, Vol 2

By:

Berlekamp, Elwyn R

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Publication details: CRC Press, 2003. Boca Raton:Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 473p.: ill.; pbk; 24cmISBN:

9780367476205

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DDC classification:

793.74 BER

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 2, the authors have a Change of Heart, bending the rules established in Volume 1 to apply them to games such as Cut-cake and Loopy Hackenbush. From the Table of Contents: - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! - Hot Bottles Followed by Cold Wars - Games Infinite and Indefinite - Games Eternal--Games Entailed - Survival in the Lost World https://www.routledge.com/Winning-Ways-for-Your-Mathematical-Plays-Volume-2/Berlekamp-Conway-Guy/p/book/9781568811420

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	793.74 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	vol. 2		032866

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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 2, the authors have a Change of Heart, bending the rules established in Volume 1 to apply them to games such as Cut-cake and Loopy Hackenbush. From the Table of Contents: - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! - Hot Bottles Followed by Cold Wars - Games Infinite and Indefinite - Games Eternal--Games Entailed - Survival in the Lost World

https://www.routledge.com/Winning-Ways-for-Your-Mathematical-Plays-Volume-2/Berlekamp-Conway-Guy/p/book/9781568811420

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