Book:Elwyn Berlekamp/The Dots-and-Boxes Game

Elwyn Berlekamp: The Dots-and-Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play

Published $\text {2000}$, A K Peters, Ltd.

ISBN 1-56881-129-2

Subject Matter

• Game Theory

Contents

Preface

1. Dots-and-Boxes - An Introduction

2. Strings-and-Coins

3. Elementary Chain Counting Problems

4. Advanced Chain Counting

5. Advanced Chain Counting Problems

6. Nimber Values for Nimstring Graphs

7. Elementary Problems with Nimbers

8. More about Nimstring, Arrays, Mutations, Vines, etc.

9. Advanced Nimstring Problems

10. Playing Dots-and-Boxes with Very Close Scores

11. Dots-and-Boxes Problems with Close Scores

12. Unsolved Problems

Bibliography

Index