Combinatorial games/ Richard K. Guy, editor ; [contributors] Elwyn R. Berlekamp ... [et al.]. - Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, c1991. - xii, 233 p.: ill.; 27 cm. - Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics; AMS short course lecture notes v. 43. . - Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics; v. 43. Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics; .

"Lecture notes prepared for the American Mathematical Society short course Combinatorial games, held in Columbus, Ohio, August 6-7, 1990"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-226) and index.

What is a game? / Richard K. Guy -- Numbers and games / John Horton Conway -- Impartial games / Richard K. Guy -- More ways of combining games / John Horton Conway -- Introductory overview of mathematical go endgames / Elwyn Berlekamp -- Games and codes / Vera Pless -- Complexity of games / Aviezri S. Fraenkel -- ..., Welter's game, Sylver coinage, dots-and-boxes, ... / Richard J. Nowakowski -- Unsolved problems in combinatorial games / Richard K. Guy .

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Jeux, théorie des---Congres.
Analyse combinatoire---Congres.
Game theory---Congresses.
Combinatorial analysis---Congresses.

519.3 / C731