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'''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)|John Horton Conway]] and Michael S. Paterson at Cambridge University in the early 1960s. | ||
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Revision as of 11:17, 6 June 2016
Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper game with significant mathematical properties.
It was invented by mathematicians John Horton Conway and Michael S. Paterson at Cambridge University in the early 1960s.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
Attribution:
External links
- Sprouts (game) @ wiki.karljones.com
- Sprouts (game) @ Wikipedia