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Games of No Chance (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications) |
| Author: |
Nowakowski, R. & Levy, S. |
| ISBN: |
0521574110 |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
| URL: |
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Sciences-Research-Institute-Publications/dp/0521646529 |
| Description: |
This book deals with combinatorial games, games not involving chance or hidden information. The first part of this book is accessible to anyone, regardless of background. For those who want to delve more deeply, the book also contains combinatorial studies of chess and Go; reports of computer advances such as the solution of Nine-Men's Morris and Pentominoes; and new theoretical approaches to such problems as games with many players. |
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| Comments: |
Contributed by: Parent on 9/14/2004
A fun recreational math book for the math hungry. |
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