Ryan B Hayward, Bjarne Toft

Hex

The Full Story

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written for a wide audience, this is the full story of Hex, inside and out, with all its twists and turns: Hein's creation, Lindhard's puzzles, Nash's proofs, Gale's Bridg-it, the game of Rex, Shannon's machines, Bridg-it's fall, Hex's resilience, Hex theory, the hunt for winning strategies, and the rise of Hexbots.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780367144227
• ISBN-10: 0367144220
• Artikelnr.: 55157646

Autorenporträt

Ryan B. Hayward is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Alberta, Canada. Bjarne Toft is Professor Emeritus at the Univeristy of Southern Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Birth. 2. Preparing to launch. 3. Polygon in Politiken. 5. The Polygon
puzzlist. 6. Rebirth. 7. More games, and machines. 8. Hex goes global. 9 Is
Hex easy? 10. Hex theory. 11. Rex theory. 12. The quest for strategies. 13.
The rise of the bots. 14. Epilogue, Chronology. Appendices.