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Author:   John H. Conway
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   A K Peters
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781568811277

ISBN 10:   1568811276
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   11 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue, Preface, 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 Numbers Chapter 3: The Structure of the General Surreal Number Chapter 4: Algebra and Analysis of Numbers Chapter 5: Number Theory in the Land of Oz Chapter 6: The Curious Field On2 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. Epilogue

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John H. Conway- John von Neumann Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University

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