Football Pools--A Game for Mathematicians
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Publication:4870014
DOI10.2307/2974552zbMath0841.90147OpenAlexW4241930251MaRDI QIDQ4870014
Patric R. J. Östergård, Heikki O. Hämäläinen, Iiro S. Honkala, Simon N. Litsyn
Publication date: 9 May 1996
Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2974552
Game theory (91A99) Applications of the theory of convex sets and geometry of numbers (covering radius, etc.) to coding theory (94B75)
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