1982 Academic Press. Clean, no names, marks or highlights. Glossy wraps show some rubbing, slight edge wear. Proceeds benefit Oro Valley Public Library.

Winning Ways: For Your Mathematical Plays. Volume 1: Games in General

Science & Math

Berlekamp, Elwyn R.

Mathematics

Academic Press

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 1: Games in General

Academic Pr

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 2

Business & Money

Conway, John H.

Guy, Richard K.

Economics

Key Papers in the Development of Coding Theory (IEEE Press Selected Reprint Series)

A K Peters/CRC Press

Key papers in the development of coding theory (IEEE Press selected reprint series)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

This book concerns state-of-the-art coding and decoding methods. Research reviewed in the book include Berlekamp's algorithm for factoring polynomials (the first significant improvement on a classical mathematical problem in almost two centuries), and Berlekamp's algorithm for decoding Bose- Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem and Reed-Solomon codes. For the past 15 years, this coding algorithm has been used universally in algebraic decoders that correct multiple errors in communications or computer memory systems. Chapters include: Basic Binary Codes; Arithmetic Operations Modulo an Irreducible Binary Polynomial; The Number of Irreducible q-ary Polynomials of Given Degree; The Factorization of Polynomials Over Finite Fields; The Enumeration of Information Symbols in BCH Codes; appendices and references.

Algebraic Coding Theory

Aegean Park Pr

In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new developments, the Second Edition retains the original's wealth of wit and wisdom. The authors' insightful strategies, blended with their witty and irreverent style, make reading a profitable pleasure. In Volume 4, the authors present a Diamond of a find, covering one-player games such as Solitaire.

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 4 (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new developments, the Second Edition retains the original's wealth of wit and wisdom. The authors' insightful strategies, blended with their witty and irreverent style, make reading a profitable pleasure. In Volume 2, the authors have a Change of Heart, bending the rules established in Volume 1 to apply them to games such as Cut-cake and Loopy Hackenbush. From the Table of Contents: - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! - Hot Bottles Followed by Cold Wars - Games Infinite and Indefinite - Games Eternal--Games Entailed - Survival in the Lost World

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 2 (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new, four volume edition. This book has laid the foundation to a mathematical approach to playing games. The wise authors wield witty words, which wangle wonderfully winning ways. In Volume 1, the authors do the Spade Work, presenting theories and techniques to "dissect" games of varied structures and formats in order to develop winning strategies.

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays: Volume 1 (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

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 advanced strategies that will allow the reader to win at any level of gameplay desired. This book is an essential guide to the game of Dots-and-Boxes and its mathematical underpinnings. Chapters of strategy are interspersed with dozens of sample problems and their solutions. Furthermore, the strategies can be applied to several other games, such as Strings-and-Coins and Nimstring.

The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

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