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The Dots and Boxes Game : Sophisticated Child's Play /

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"The game of Dots-and-Boxes, the popular game in which two players take turns connecting an array of dots to form squares, or "boxes" has long been considered merely a child's game. In this book, however, the author reveals the surprising complexity of the game, along with advanc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berlekamp, Elwyn R. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2000.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Game theory.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Théorie des jeux.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Game theory
Mathematics > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Dots-and-Boxes?An Introduction
  • chapter 2 Strings-and-Coins
  • chapter 3 Elementary Chain Counting Problems
  • chapter 4 Advanced Chain Counting
  • chapter 5 Advanced Chain Counting Problems
  • chapter 6 Nimber Values for Nimstring Graphs
  • chapter 7 Elementary Problems with Nimbers
  • chapter 8 More about Nimstring, Arrays, Mutations, Vines, etc
  • chapter 9 Advanced Nimstring Problems
  • chapter 10 Playing Dots-and-Boxes with Very Close Scores
  • chapter 11 Dots-and-Boxes Problems with Close Scores
  • chapter 12 Unsolved Problems.