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The Mathematics of Games (Recreations in Mathematics)

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This entertaining, wide-ranging guide demonsrates how simple mathematical analysis can throw unexpected light on games of every kind. John Beasley outlines the general principes behind such classic puzzles as peg solitaire, the Rubik's cube, and examples of how the study of even simple games can reveal some of the fundamental paradixes of mathematics.

Author(s): John D. Beasley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 1990

Language: English
Pages: 176

Table of Contents
......Page 6
1- Introduction
......Page 8
2- The Luck of the Deal
......Page 13
3- The Luck of the Die
......Page 24
4- To Err is Human
......Page 38
5- If A Beats B, and B Beats C...
......Page 54
6- Bluff and Double Bluff
......Page 71
7- The Analysis of Puzzles
......Page 84
8- Sauce for the Gander
......Page 106
9- The Measure of a Game
......Page 127
10- When the Counting has to Stop
......Page 144
11- Round and Round in Circles
......Page 156