Dream Pool Essays
The game of Go is one of the most popular games in the world. As a result of its elegant and simple rules, the game has long been an inspiration for mathematical research. Shen Kuo, a Chinese scholar in 11th century, estimated that the number of possible board positions is around 10172 in "The Dream Pool Essays". In more recent years, research of the game by John H. Conway led to the invention of the surreal numbers and contributed to development of combinatorial game theory (with Go Infinitesimals being a specific example of its use in Go).