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The Winning Ways of John Conway

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John Horton Conway combined his passion for mathematics with an unquenchable enthusiasm for games. In addition to inventing a bewildering variety of games, he was deeply interested in analyzing them to determine how one should play to win.

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  1. Siobhan Roberts, A Life in Games, Quanta Magazine, August 2015, www.quantamagazine.org/john-conways-life-in-games-20150828/.

  2. Elwyn Berlekamp, John H. Conway and Richard Guy: Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, 4 Volumes, (2nd. ed) A K Peters, 2003.

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  1. SIPCOT IT Park, Chennai Mathematical Institute H1, Siruseri, Kelambakkam, 603 103, India

    Madhavan Mukund

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Madhavan Mukund is a Computer Scientist at Chennai Mathematical Institute. He coordinates the Indian Computing Olympiad that selects the Indian team for the International Olympiad in Informatics.

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Mukund, M. The Winning Ways of John Conway. Reson 26, 603–614 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-021-1164-6

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