Cover of On numbers and games
View on Open Library ↗

On numbers and games

by

1 hr read
Rate this book:
238 pages 1976

About This Book

"By defining numbers as the strengths of positions in certain games, the author arrives at a new class, the surreal numbers, that includes both real numbers and ordinal numbers. These surreal numbers are applied in the author's mathematical analysis of game strategies."--Cover.

Buy This Book

Amazon → Bookshop.org Supports indie bookshops → Open Library Borrow Free to borrow →

As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate, BookOrb earns from qualifying purchases.

Write a Review

Sign in to write a review.

More by John Horton Conway

Atlas of Finite Groups
Atlas of Finite Groups
1986
M24 and Other Sporadic Groups
M24 and Other Sporadic Groups
On quaternions and octonions
On quaternions and octonions
2003
Regular algebra and finite machines
Regular algebra and finite machines
1971
Sphere packings, lattices, and groups
Sphere packings, lattices, and groups
1988
The symmetries of things
The symmetries of things
2016

View all books by John Horton Conway →