CMPSCI 391A: Fall 2013

Syllabus and Course Schedule

Prof. David Mix Barrington

Reading assignments are from Knuth, Surreal Numbers, available for free download online.

Class meetings are Monday 1:25-2:15 Elm Room 212 in the new Honors complex.

Mon 09 Sep L01  Nim, General Games, Natural Numbers
Mon 16 Sep L02  (END OF ADD/DROP) Division Nim, Partisan Games, Rationals
Mon 23 Sep L03  Red-Blue Hackenbush, Addition and Order, Real Numbers
Mon 30 Sep L04  Simple Toads and Frogs, More Real Numbers
Mon 06 Oct L05  Green Hackenbush, Nimbers, Infinity
Mon 14 Oct ---  NO CLASS (Columbus Day Holiday)
Tue 15 Oct L06  (MONDAY SCHEDULE) More Toads and Frogs, Up and Down, 
Infinitesimals
Thu 17 Oct ---  Last Day to Drop With W or Elect Pass/Fail 
Mon 21 Oct L07  Domineering, Finite-Day Numbers, Knuth 1-2
Mon 28 Oct L08  Northcott's Game, Sprague-Grundy, Knuth 3-4
Mon 04 Nov L09  Seating Problems, Numbers and Nimbers, Knuth 5-6
Mon 11 Nov ---  NO CLASS (Veteran's Day Holiday)
Wed 13 Nov L10  (MONDAY SCHEDULE) Snort and Col, Temperature, Knuth 7-9
Mon 18 Nov L11  Project Presentations
Mon 25 Nov L12  Project Presentations
Mon 02 Dec L13  Wrapup and Course Evaluations

Last modified 8 September 2013