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On numbers and gamesOn numbers and games

On numbers and games1976

John Horton Conway

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"By defining numbers as the strengths of positions in certain games, the author arrives at a new class, the surreal numbers, that includes both real numbers and ordinal numbers. These surreal numbers are applied in the author's mathematical analysis of game strategies."--Cover.

Details

First published
1976
Pages
238
ISBN-13
9780121863500
OL Work ID
OL1914186W

Subjects

Game theoryNumber theoryZwei-Personen-SpielZahlSpieltheorieZahlentheorieThéorie des jeuxThéorie des nombresQa241 .c69 2001519.3

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