Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays by Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway, and Richard Guy is a compendium of information on mathematical games. It was first published in 1982 in two volumes, one focusing on Conway's game theory and surreal numbers, and the other concentrating on a number of specific games.
A republication of the work by A K Peters splits the content into four volumes.
Along with analysis of various extant games, and analysis of game theory in general, Winning Ways describes a number of new games, many of which are popular today. Examples of this type include Sprouts and Philosopher's Football. They also analyzed Dots and Boxes and a number of Nim variations.
Along with games both common and uncommon, the authors of Winning Ways analyzed a number of puzzles, including Soma and Rubik's Cube.
See also Combinatorial game theory.
Referenced By
Combinatorial game theory (history) | John Conway | John H. Conway | John Horton Conway | List of combinatorics topics | On Numbers and Games | Peg solitaire | Philosopher's Football | Philospher's Football | Phutball | Soma cube | Sprague-Grundy theorem | Sprague-Grundy theory | Sprague-Grundy theory of games
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