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Galvin’s “Racing Pawns” Game and a Well-Ordering of Trees
 
Galvin's ``Racing Pawns'' Game and a Well-Ordering of Trees
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-0729-2
Product Code:  MEMO/53/316.E
List Price: $23.00
MAA Member Price: $20.70
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Galvin's ``Racing Pawns'' Game and a Well-Ordering of Trees
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Galvin’s “Racing Pawns” Game and a Well-Ordering of Trees
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-0729-2
Product Code:  MEMO/53/316.E
List Price: $23.00
MAA Member Price: $20.70
AMS Member Price: $13.80
  • Book Details
     
     
    Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
    Volume: 531985; 63 pp
    MSC: Primary 03; Secondary 05; 06; 90
  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • 1. Introduction and preliminaries
    • 2. Galvin’s original game, the restricted game, and the relations $<_R$ and $\equiv _R$
    • 3. The explicit strategy for finite trees and the definitions of $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{E}$ and $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}$
    • 4. The explicit strategy for infinite trees and the characterization of $<_R$ and $\equiv _R$ in terms of $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{E}$ and $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}$
    • 5. The structure of the $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{E}$ and $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}$ sequences
    • 6. The relationship between $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}(X)$ and $\operatorname {rank}(X)$
    • 7. The main theorem: Order types under $<_R$
    • 8. Epilogue: Two variants of Galvin’s game
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Volume: 531985; 63 pp
MSC: Primary 03; Secondary 05; 06; 90
  • Chapters
  • 1. Introduction and preliminaries
  • 2. Galvin’s original game, the restricted game, and the relations $<_R$ and $\equiv _R$
  • 3. The explicit strategy for finite trees and the definitions of $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{E}$ and $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}$
  • 4. The explicit strategy for infinite trees and the characterization of $<_R$ and $\equiv _R$ in terms of $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{E}$ and $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}$
  • 5. The structure of the $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{E}$ and $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}$ sequences
  • 6. The relationship between $\overset {\rightharpoonup }{F}(X)$ and $\operatorname {rank}(X)$
  • 7. The main theorem: Order types under $<_R$
  • 8. Epilogue: Two variants of Galvin’s game
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