1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959710203321

Autore

Conway John H.

Titolo

On Numbers and Games / / John H. Conway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2000

ISBN

9781040053133

1040053130

9780429062438

0429062435

9781439864159

1439864152

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

519.3

Soggetti

Game theory

Number theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

part Zeroth Part. On Numbers -- chapter 0 All Numbers Great and Small -- chapter 1 The Class No is a Field -- chapter 2 The Real and Ordinal Number -- chapter 3 The Structure of the Genral Surreal Number -- chapter 4 Algebra and Analysis of Numbers -- chapter 5 Number Theory in the Land of OZ -- chapter 6 The Curious Field On2 -- part First Part. and Games -- chapter 7 Playing Several Games at Once -- chapter 8 Some Games are Already Numbers -- chapter 9 On Games and Numbers -- chapter 10 Simplifying Games -- chapter 11 Impartial Games and the Game of Nim -- chapter 12 How to Lose when you Must -- chapter 13 Animating Functions, Welter’s Game and Hackenbush Unrestrained -- chapter 14 How to Play Several Games at Once in a Dozen Different Ways -- chapter 15 Ups, Downs and Bynumbers -- chapter 16 The Long and the Short and the Small.

Sommario/riassunto

"ONAG, as the book is commonly known, is one of those rare publications that sprang to life in a moment of creative energy and has remained influential for over a quarter of a century. Originally written to define the relation between the theories of transfinite numbers and mathematical games, the resulting work is a mathematically



sophisticated but eminently enjoyable guide to game theory. 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. The additions to the Second Edition present recent developments in the area of mathematical game theory, with a concentration on surreal numbers and the additive theory of partizan games."--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974639603321

Autore

Montejano David <1948->

Titolo

Quixote's soldiers : a local history of the Chicano movement, 1966-1981 / / David Montejano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

9780292792883

0292792883

9780292778641

0292778643

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; ; no. 26

Altri autori (Persone)

MontejanoDavid <1948->

Disciplina

305.8968/720730764351

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Texas - San Antonio - History - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Texas - San Antonio - Politics and government - 20th century

Chicano movement - Texas - San Antonio

San Antonio (Tex.) Race relations History 20th century

San Antonio (Tex.) Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE CONFLICT WITHIN -- Chapter One. The Leaking Caste System -- Chapter Two. Barrios at War -- Chapter Three. Organizing Unity -- Chapter Four. A Congressman Reacts -- Chapter Five. Kill the Gringos!



-- Chapter Six. The Berets Rise Up -- PART TWO: MARCHING TOGETHER SEPARATELY -- Chapter Seven. Women Creating Space -- Chapter Eight. Batos Claiming Legitimacy -- Chapter Nine. Fragmenting Elements -- PART THREE: AFTER THE FURY -- Chapter Ten. Several Wrong Turns -- Chapter Eleven. A Transformation -- Appendix: On Interpreting the Chicano Movement -- Notes -- Introduction -- Part One: Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part Two: Introduction -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

No detailed description available for "Quixote's Soldiers".