Talk:Mathematical game

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I've just disentangled this topic from recreational mathematics. Although they are clearly related, these two are not the same thing. In the most simple terms "recreational mathematics" is a field of activity; a "mathematical game" may be one the elements within that field of study.---User:Eclecticology

I'm baffled. The two pages are quai-identical. Is it your intention that they gradually grow apart? --Tarquin

This page seems to have little encyclopedic content apart from its relatives. I think it might be better as a disambiguation page between

  • Gardner's Scientific American column and its successors
  • The general subject of recreational mathematics as celebrated and popularized by Gardner
  • Other recreational pursuits of mathematicians such as juggling, unicycling, change-ringing, music, ... some of which may have mathematical content and some of it just attractive to the mathematical mind, if anyone really knows what that is. But that sounds like mathematical recreations to me, which might find a home on recreational mathematics.
  • Classical Game theory and extensions, e.g. by Nash
  • Combinatorial game theory which includes Sprague, Grundy, C. L Bouton, and other predecessors to Berlekamp, Conway and Guy and successors.

I'm a newbie, though, and not bold enough to dike out whatever User:Eclecticology was trying to do. --Dan Hoey 04:09, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Topo

Removed "Topo" from the list of mathematical games -- the article at topo is about climbing, and I found little evidence on Google to suggest that Topo is a particularly notable mathematical game. Apparently it appears in The Joy of Mathematics by Theoni Pappas, in case someone wants to write about the game, and there is a website with a brief description of it here. Mindspillage 01:34, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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