Combinatorial Games: Tic-Tac-Toe Theory - Couverture rigide

Beck, József

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521461006 ISBN 13 : 9780521461009

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

xiv 732p red boards, red illustrated dustjacket with white lettering to dustjacket spine, excellent copy, like new

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Traditional game theory has been successful at developing strategy in games of incomplete information: when one player knows something that the other does not. But it has little to say about games of complete information, for example, tic-tac-toe, solitaire and hex. The main challenge of combinatorial game theory is to handle combinatorial chaos, where brute force study is impractical. In this comprehensive volume, József Beck shows readers how to escape from the combinatorial chaos via the fake probabilistic method, a game-theoretic adaptation of the probabilistic method in combinatorics. Using this, the author is able to determine the exact results about infinite classes of many games, leading to the discovery of some striking new duality principles. Available for the first time in paperback, it includes a new appendix to address the results that have appeared since the book's original publication.

Revue de presse

'... this book is a milestone in Game Theory, it will become a classic ...' Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum

'... a most thorough and useful treatment of the subject (so far insufficiently presented in the literature) with an enormous store of results, links with other theories, and interesting open problems.' A. Pultr, Mathematical Reviews

'This seems to be the best and most useful treatment of the subject so far ... The book is recommended for a broad mathematical audience. Almost all concepts from other parts of mathematics are explained so it is convenient both for the specialist seeking a detailed survey of the topic and for students hoping to learn something new about the subject. The book has a potential to become a milestone in the development of combinatorial game theory.' EMS Newsletter

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521461006
• ISBN 13: 9780521461009
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 748