A Problem Squared

093 = Game Solutions and Neil Distributions


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⭕ Circle Can Tic-Tac-Toe ever be fun? 

🤏What is the smallest Neil called? 

🗞There’s some Any Other Business! 

⚔️Battleships continues.  


If you want to read the works referenced by Matt in his tic-tac-toe / naughts and crosses problem, take a look below: 

  • Solo Noughts and Crosses, James Grime: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10724117.2023.2168434
  • Tic-tac-tome, Willy Yoners: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tic-Tac-Autonomous-Playing-Book/dp/1594746877
  • A Knowledge-based Approach of Connect-Four The Game is Solved: White Wins, Victor Alis: https://disi.unitn.it/~montreso/asd/docs/connect4.pdf 
  • Is ultimate tic-tac-toe solved? https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/604-Ultimate_Tic_Tac_Toe_is_always_won_by_X

Please send your problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com.

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