093 = Game Solutions and Neil Distributions

A Problem Squared

⭕ Circle Can Tic-Tac-Toe ever be fun?

🤏What is the smallest Neil called?

🗞There’s some Any Other Business!

⚔️Battleships continues.

If you want to read the works referenced by Matt in his tic-tac-toe / naughts and crosses problem, take a look below:

• Solo Noughts and Crosses, James Grime: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10724117.2023.2168434

• Tic-tac-tome, Willy Yoners: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tic-Tac-Autonomous-Playing-Book/dp/1594746877

• A Knowledge-based Approach of Connect-Four The Game is Solved: White Wins, Victor Alis: https://disi.unitn.it/~montreso/asd/docs/connect4.pdf

• Is ultimate tic-tac-toe solved? https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/604-Ultimate_Tic_Tac_Toe_is_always_won_by_X

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