Elwyn R Berlekamp Knihy

In the quarter of a century since three mathematicians and game theorists collaborated to create Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, the book has become the definitive work on the subject of mathematical games. Now carefully revised and broken down into four volumes to accommodate new developments, the Second Edition retains the original's wealth of wit and wisdom. The authors' insightful strategies, blended with their witty and irreverent style, make reading a profitable pleasure. In Volume 2, the authors have a Change of Heart, bending the rules established in Volume 1 to apply them to games such as Cut-cake and Loopy Hackenbush. From the Table of - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! - Hot Bottles Followed by Cold Wars - Games Infinite and Indefinite - Games Eternal--Games Entailed - Survival in the Lost World

The revised edition of this influential work introduces key algorithms that have shaped engineering practices in coding theory, notably the Berlekamp-Massey Algorithm for decoding Reed-Solomon and BCH codes. It also details the Berlekamp algorithm for polynomial factoring over finite fields, which influenced symbolic manipulation systems. Additionally, the book presents advancements in arithmetic operations within finite fields and introduces a new class of Lee metric codes, alongside significant findings on the information symbols in long binary BCH codes.

This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new, four volume edition. This book has laid the foundation to a mathematical approach to playing games. The wise authors wield witty words, which wangle wonderfully winning ways. In Volume 1, the authors do the Spade Work, presenting theories and techniques to "dissect" games of varied structures and formats in order to develop winning strategies.