Saul Youssef writes It's after Nash asks his friend (the one who beats him at Go) if he can hang around Princeton. Very minor point, but I suspect the film makers were aware that what Nash would be playing on a go board was the game still known at the Princeton math department in the 60s as the game of "nash". Eventually it became known that John Nash had not been the first to invent it, and the name changed to the now more familiar "hex". Does anyone remember, were the stones in the film on the squares or the intersection lines? (Usually, but not always, the game of nash, unlike go, was played on the squares, it being understood that they were really supposed to be hexagons -- with two diagonal connections besides the two vertical and two horizontal connections.) The film's Nash makes some remark to the effect that he's supposed to win -- clearly Nash should win at nash.
at Princeton, there was a true nash board also it works well on chinese checker board Peter Freyd wrote:
Saul Youssef writes
It's after Nash asks his friend (the one who beats him at Go) if he can hang around Princeton.
Very minor point, but I suspect the film makers were aware that what Nash would be playing on a go board was the game still known at the Princeton math department in the 60s as the game of "nash". Eventually it became known that John Nash had not been the first to invent it, and the name changed to the now more familiar "hex". Does anyone remember, were the stones in the film on the squares or the intersection lines? (Usually, but not always, the game of nash, unlike go, was played on the squares, it being understood that they were really supposed to be hexagons -- with two diagonal connections besides the two vertical and two horizontal connections.) The film's Nash makes some remark to the effect that he's supposed to win -- clearly Nash should win at nash.
[Note from moderator: The discussion of Nash, `A Beautiful Mind' and CT in the movies has been entertaining and informative, but does seem to be leading away from our central interest. For anyone so inclined, there is a very good Math in the Movies web site that is easily found. Therefore, I ask that posts not be made on the topic after tomorrow, January 8. Digests of side discussion sent for later posting are very welcome, with best wishes to all for 2002, Bob Rosebrugh] Peter Freyd wrote:
(Usually, but not always, the game of nash, unlike go, was played on the squares, it being understood that they were really supposed to be hexagons -- with two diagonal connections besides the two vertical and two horizontal connections.) The film's Nash makes some remark to the effect that he's supposed to win -- clearly Nash should win at nash.
I do not know this game of "Hex" (or "Nash"), but wouldn't there be 4 diagonal connections, not 2, from any square? Should not therefore the game be called "Oct", rather than "Hex"? -- Peter McBurney **************************************************************** Peter McBurney Agent Applications, Research and Technology (Agent ART) Group Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF U.K. Tel: + 44 151 794 6768 Email: P.J.McBurney@csc.liv.ac.uk Web page: www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/ ****************************************************************
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