Talk:Domineering
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[edit] Questions
Could someone familiar with game theory translate the sentence:
As in most games, we as the mathematician are "rooting" for Left
Also, is there a standard of calling players "Right" and "Left", because it would be clearer to call them "Horizontal" and "Verticle"?
Thanks. — Reinyday, 02:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, there is a standard in combinatorial game theory of calling the players Left and Right. The sentence you quote means nothing at all except that there is a convention of assigning the game a positive number when Left is winning and a negative one when Right is winning.
- The only problem I can foresee with changing the article to use "Vertical" and "Horizontal" for the players is that then it would be less clear in the notation {x|y} which value is for which player. —Blotwell 19:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks! — Reinyday, 19:52, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] My thoughts
This article focusses rather heavily on the mathematical properties of some very small examples. This does the game an injustice, as it is quite fun and an interesting challenge for 8x8 and above. Also it is an active area of research in AI. I may attempt to improve the article sometime. Soo 15:34, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
