paper

Advances in losing

arXiv:math/0603027

Abstract

We survey recent developments in the theory of impartial combinatorial games in misere play, focusing on how the Sprague-Grundy theory of normal-play impartial games generalizes to misere play via the indistinguishability quotient construction.

To appear in Games of No Chance 3, Cambridge University Press (MSRI series). 28 pages