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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) | It was invented by mathematicians [[John Conway (nonfiction)]] and Michael S. Paterson at Cambridge University in the early 1960s. | ||
== | == In the News == | ||
<gallery mode="traditional"> | <gallery mode="traditional"> | ||
File:Superman-fighting-Brainiac.jpg|[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] and [[Superman]] | File:Superman-fighting-Brainiac.jpg|[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] and [[Superman (nonfiction)|Superman]] accuse each other of cheating at Sprouts. | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Brainiac (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Conway's Game of Life (nonfiction)]] | * [[Conway's Game of Life (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[John Conway (nonfiction)]] | * [[John Conway (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Superman (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_(game) Sprouts (game)] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_(game) Sprouts (game)] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 14 July 2016
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
<gallery mode="traditional"> File:Superman-fighting-Brainiac.jpg|Brainiac and Superman accuse each other of cheating at Sprouts.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Brainiac (nonfiction)
- Conway's Game of Life (nonfiction)
- John Conway (nonfiction)
- Superman (nonfiction)
External links:
- Sprouts (game) @ Wikipedia