On numbers and games / J. H. Conway.
By: Conway, John Horton
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Publisher: Natick, Mass. : A K Peters, c2001Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1568811276 (hbk.); 9781568811277 (hbk.).Subject(s): Game theory | Number theoryDDC classification: 519.3 | Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Prologue. - Preface. - Zeroth Pt. On Numbers. Ch. 0. All Numbers Great and Small. Ch. 1. The Class No is a Field. Ch. 2. The Real and Ordinal Numbers. Ch. 3. The Structure of the Genral Surreal Number. Ch. 4. Algebra and Analysis of Numbers. Ch. 5. Number Theory In the Land of Oz. Ch. 6. The Curious Field On2. Appendix to Part Zero. - First Pt. and Games. Ch. 7. Playing Several Games at Once. Ch 8. Some Games are Already Numbers. Ch 9. On Games and Numbers. Ch. 10. Simplifying Games. Ch. 11. Impartial Games and the Game of Nim. Ch.12. How to Lose when you Must. Ch. 13. Animating Functions, Welter's Game and Hackenbush Unrestrained. Ch. 14. How to Play Several Games at Once in a dozen Different Ways. Ch. 15. Ups, Downs and Bynumbers. Ch. 16. The Long and the Short and the small. - Epilogue. - Appendix. - Index.
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