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Postings from rec.games.abstract about Dots and Boxes Includes a survey of the mathematical and computational lite rature. http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math/games/other/dots_n_ boxes Talk by Elwyn Berlekamp: Dots and Boxes, and related Mathematical Games Streaming-video hour-long special seminar held at MSRI on September 13, 1999 describes the mathematics behind winning st rategies. http://www.msri.org/activities/events/9900/Berlekamp/ Talk by Katherine Scott: Loony Dots and Boxes Endgame Streaming-video 30-minute talk held at MSRI during the Combinatorial Game Theory Research Workshop, July 24-28, 2000. Describes a particular type of endgame which arises frequently in practice and can be solved in polynomial time. http://www.msri.org/publications/ln/msri/2000/gametheory/sco tt/1/ |
