Comments on: The hydra game http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/ Mathematics for computers Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Serhan http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/comment-page-1/#comment-13192 Serhan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:00:58 +0000 http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/#comment-13192 Thanks for the game, but i haven't successful yet Thanks for the game, but i haven’t successful yet

]]> By: Andrej Bauer http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/comment-page-1/#comment-12359 Andrej Bauer Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:49:22 +0000 http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/#comment-12359 I think there's something you don't understand. If you first cut off X (assuming in your picture that X grows from the root), then X disappears, of course. After that, if you cut of Y, X will not magically reappear. Which bit of the text is unclear to you? I think there’s something you don’t understand. If you first cut off X (assuming in your picture that X grows from the root), then X disappears, of course. After that, if you cut of Y, X will not magically reappear. Which bit of the text is unclear to you?

]]> By: John A. http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/comment-page-1/#comment-12358 John A. Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:45:34 +0000 http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/#comment-12358 Hi, Cool game. But I think it has a bug. You don't seem to eliminate a head attached to the root when picked, so that those "root heads" get replicated when you subsequently pick a non root head to eliminate. If I have this to start: O Y X \ / / O / | / O And eliminate the X, and then the Y, it's as if I never eliminated the X at all. Or perhaps I don't understand the game... John. Hi,

Cool game. But I think it has a bug. You don’t seem to eliminate a head attached to the root when picked, so that those “root heads” get replicated when you subsequently pick a non root head to eliminate.

If I have this to start:

O Y X
\ / /
O /
| /
O

And eliminate the X, and then the Y, it’s as if I never eliminated the X at all.

Or perhaps I don’t understand the game…

John.

]]> By: La sucesión de Goodstein | Gaussianos http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/comment-page-1/#comment-11854 La sucesión de Goodstein | Gaussianos Mon, 18 May 2009 06:01:26 +0000 http://math.andrej.com/2008/02/02/the-hydra-game/#comment-11854 [...] cierto número de cabezas y con otros la hidra se mantendrá tal cual quede después del corte. En esta web podéis ver tanto la explicación del juego como el enlace a un applet de java donde podéis jugar [...] [...] cierto número de cabezas y con otros la hidra se mantendrá tal cual quede después del corte. En esta web podéis ver tanto la explicación del juego como el enlace a un applet de java donde podéis jugar [...]

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