Games of No Chance 5

Urban Larsson (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa)

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English

Cambridge University Press
09 May 2019

Information theory; Discrete mathematics; Game theory; Combinatorics & graph theory; Algorithms & data structures

Series: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications

This book surveys the state-of-the-art in the theory of combinatorial games, that is games not involving chance or hidden information. Enthusiasts will find a wide variety of exciting topics, from a trailblazing presentation of scoring to solutions of three piece ending positions of bidding chess. Theories and techniques in many subfields are covered, such as universality, Wythoff Nim variations, misère play, partizan bidding (a.k.a. Richman games), loopy games, and the algebra of placement games. Also included are an updated list of unsolved problems, extremely efficient algorithms for taking and breaking games, a historical exposition of binary numbers and games by David Singmaster, chromatic Nim variations, renormalization for combinatorial games, and a survey of temperature theory by Elwyn Berlekamp, one of the founders of the field. The volume was initiated at the Combinatorial Game Theory Workshop, January 2011, held at the Banff International Research Station.

Edited by: Urban Larsson (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 850g
ISBN: 9781108485807
ISBN 10: 1108485804
Series: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications
Pages: 498
Publication Date: 09 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Urban Larsson is a postdoctoral fellow at the Industrial Engineering and Management department at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. Prior to this he was a Killam postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, Canada 2014-2016, and before that he was a Lecturer 2013–2014 and a Ph.D. student (ending 2013) at Chalmers tekniska högskola and Göteborgs universitet, Sweden. His main research areas are game theory, number theory, computer science and algorithms.

Reviews for Games of No Chance 5

'Overall this volume has several strengths. There is an excellent 'About this book' section introducing each article, providing minimal background, some results, and giving motivation for reading the paper ... The figures and notation are nicely done and easy to read. All chapters include an abstract and list of references ... the myriad source material accompanying the topics is extremely helpful in directing the reader to background and further study topics.' Tricia Muldoon Brown, MAA Reviews 'Overall this volume has several strengths. There is an excellent 'About this book' section introducing each article, providing minimal background, some results, and giving motivation for reading the paper ... The figures and notation are nicely done and easy to read. All chapters include an abstract and list of references ... the myriad source material accompanying the topics is extremely helpful in directing the reader to background and further study topics.' Tricia Muldoon Brown, MAA Reviews