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Description for Positional Games
Paperback. Positional Games Series: Oberwolfach Seminars. Num Pages: 146 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBUD; PBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
This text is based on a lecture course given by the authors in the framework of Oberwolfach Seminars at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach in May, 2013. It is intended to serve as a thorough introduction to the rapidly developing field of positional games. This area constitutes an important branch of combinatorics, whose aim it is to systematically develop an extensive mathematical basis for a variety of two player perfect information games. These ranges from such popular games as Tic-Tac-Toe and Hex to purely abstract games played on graphs and hypergraphs. The subject of positional games is strongly related to several ... Read more
This text is based on a lecture course given by the authors in the framework of Oberwolfach Seminars at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach in May, 2013. It is intended to serve as a thorough introduction to the rapidly developing field of positional games. This area constitutes an important branch of combinatorics, whose aim it is to systematically develop an extensive mathematical basis for a variety of two player perfect information games. These ranges from such popular games as Tic-Tac-Toe and Hex to purely abstract games played on graphs and hypergraphs. The subject of positional games is strongly related to several ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oberwolfach Seminars
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783034808248
SKU
V9783034808248
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About Dan Hefetz
Dan Hefetz obtained his PhD in computer science at Tel Aviv University and is lecturer in pure mathematics at the University of Birmingham. Michael Krivelevich obtained his PhD in mathematics at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where he is now a full professor. Miloš Stojaković obtained his PhD in computer science at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, and is now an associate professor ... Read more
Reviews for Positional Games
“The present book recalls the main points of the classical theory, and describes some recent results. The text … can be taught in a regular university class. At the end of each chapter there are exercises that help the reader to practice the trade. The intention of that structure is to provide a textbook rather than just a pure record ... Read more