Advances in losing

2006/03/01 by Plambeck, Thane E.
#91A46 #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0603027

Abstract

We survey recent developments in the theory of impartial combinatorial games in misere play, focusing on how the Sprague-Grundy theory of normal-play impartial games generalizes to misere play via the indistinguishability quotient construction.

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