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Mis\`ere Games and Mis\`ere Quotients

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v2 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

These lecture notes are based on a short course on mis\`ere quotients offered at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, in November 2006. They include an introduction to impartial games, starting from the beginning; the basic mis\`ere quotient construction; a proof of the Guy--Smith--Plambeck Periodicity Theorem; and statements of some recent results and open problems in the subject.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612616,
  title  = {Mis\`ere Games and Mis\`ere Quotients},
  author = {Aaron N. Siegel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612616},
  year   = {2007}
}

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34 pages; fixed references

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