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[[File:Sprouts two spot game.png|thumb|A 2-spot game of Sprouts. The game ends when the first player is unable to draw a connecting line between the only two free points, marked in green.]]'''Sprouts''' is a pencil-and-paper game with significant mathematical properties.
[[File:Sprouts two spot game.png|thumb|A 2-spot game of Sprouts. The game ends when the first player is unable to draw a connecting line between the only two free points, marked in green.]]'''Sprouts''' is a pencil-and-paper game with significant mathematical properties.


It was invented by mathematicians [[John Conway (nonfiction)|John Horton Conway]] and Michael S. Paterson at Cambridge University in the early 1960s.
It was invented by mathematicians [[John Conway (nonfiction)]] and Michael S. Paterson at Cambridge University in the early 1960s.
 
== In the News ==
 
<gallery>
File:Superman-fighting-Brainiac.jpg|[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] and [[Superman (nonfiction)|Superman]] accuse each other of cheating at Sprouts.
</gallery>


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


<gallery mode="traditional">
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
File:Superman-fighting-Brainiac.jpg|[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] and [[Superman]] disputing who cheated at Sprouts.
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
</gallery>


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Conway's Game of Life (nonfiction)]]
* [[Conway's Game of Life (nonfiction)]]
* [[Game (nonfiction)]]
* [[John Conway (nonfiction)]]
* [[John Conway (nonfiction)]]


== External links==
External links:


* [http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Sprouts_(game) Sprouts (game)] @ wiki.karljones.com
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_(game) Sprouts (game)] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_(game) Sprouts (game)] @ Wikipedia


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[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Games (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Mathematics (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 10:31, 26 December 2017

A 2-spot game of Sprouts. The game ends when the first player is unable to draw a connecting line between the only two free points, marked in green.

Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper game with significant mathematical properties.

It was invented by mathematicians John Conway (nonfiction) and Michael S. Paterson at Cambridge University in the early 1960s.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

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