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angel problem

game-theoretic game on an endless chessboard: a devil hinders an angel’s movement, and the angel tries to escape; each turn the angel jumps ≤k squares, and the devil adds a block on an empty square
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angel problem

Summary

angel problem is a mathematical game[1]. It draws 72 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_game category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • angel problem is credited with the discovery of John Horton Conway[3].
  • angel problem's image is recorded as Angel problem.svg[4].
  • angel problem's instance of is recorded as mathematical game[5].
  • angel problem's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • angel problem's publication date is recorded as +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • angel problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043v13[8].
  • angel problem's MathWorld ID is recorded as AngelProblem[9].
  • angel problem's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as probleme-de-l-ange[10].
  • angel problem's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • angel problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778420190[12].

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Works and Contributions

angel problem is credited with the discovery of John Horton Conway[3].

Why It Matters

angel problem draws 72 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_game category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

John Horton Conway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . guokr.com. guokr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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