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'It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing' |
Beggar-My-Neighbour: From July 2007 to May 1 2012, I held the world record, with Nicolas Wu, for the longest ever discovered game of Beggar-My-Neighbour. Since then, Reed Nessler, Nicolas Wu, Philip Anderson and William Rucklidge have improved on the record.
I've compiled a list of known current and previous records here.
John Conway once described the search for an infinitely looping game of Beggar-My-Neighbour as an "Anti Hilbert Problem", one that absolutely should not drive the future of mathematics. As Michael Kleber, another previous record holder, has said, 'This is almost entirely uninteresting'.
I've compiled a list of known current and previous records here.
John Conway once described the search for an infinitely looping game of Beggar-My-Neighbour as an "Anti Hilbert Problem", one that absolutely should not drive the future of mathematics. As Michael Kleber, another previous record holder, has said, 'This is almost entirely uninteresting'.