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Discover Hex: Strategy, math, puzzles, and the surprising secrets within.
Hex
A Playful Introduction
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124 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2022
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Summary
This book offers a gentle introduction to Hex, the classic board game created by Piet Hein and popularized by John Nash and Martin Gardner. The first three chapters cover rules, basic strategy, and history. The remaining eight chapters cover a variety of topics: mathematical properties (there are no draws, the first player can win, the acute corner is a losing first move), the related game of Y, winning strategies for small boards, how computers play Hex, an analysis of Random-Move Hex (where…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781470464929 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1470464926 |
| Author: | Ryan B. Hayward |
| Publisher: | American Mathematical Society |
| Imprint: | American Mathematical Society |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 124 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library |
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Ryan B. Hayward
Ryan B. Hayward, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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