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HACKENBUSH: a window to a new world of math
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Owen Maitzen's animated hour-long introduction to Hackenbush, a simple combinatorial game, and how its strategy leads to surreal numbers and the roots of the number system.
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HN recommends it as an accessible, well-visualized entry point to Hackenbush, surreal numbers and their link to Nim.
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From the Hacker News discussion
Nim is, in fact, a proper subset of Hackenbush, a game extensively studied by Conway. I found the following video extremely useful and well-visualized: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗All numbers are fictitious :) Though, I think "games" built on surreal numbers are akin to these. [LINK] An accessible intro: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗HACKENBUSH: a window to a new world of math [VIDEO] Thanks for the blogpost, I think you will like this above SOME3 entry. Owen Maitzen committed suicide which is mentioned in the following video. The Endless Universe of "Bean and Nothingness" [LINK]
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