On numbers and games
By: J.H. Conway.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: A.K. Peters
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Natick, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Number theory.; Game theory.
Description: "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."--Cover.
Notes: Includes index.