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src/bibliography.yaml

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year: 1959
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publisher: The University of Chicago Press
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publisher-place: Chicago, USA
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ISBN: '0226282546'
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URL: https://archive.org/details/martin-gardner-mathematical-games/01%20Hexaflexagons%20and%20Other%20Mathematical%20Diversions/
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KamehamehaAndHisWarrior:
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title: Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupiʻo
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issued: 2005
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publisher: Chronicle Books
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publisher-place: San Francisco, CA, USA
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KnottedDoughnuts:
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title: Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments
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publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company
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publisher-place: New York, NY, USA
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author: [*Martin_Gardner]
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issued: 1986
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ISBN: '0716717948'
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URL: https://archive.org/details/martin-gardner-mathematical-games/11%20Knotted%20Doughnuts%20and%20Other%20Mathematical%20Entertainments
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WheelsLife:
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type: book
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title: Wheels, Life, and Other Mathematical Amusements
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author: [*Martin_Gardner]
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issued: 1983
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publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company
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publisher-place: New York, NY, USA
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URL: https://archive.org/details/martin-gardner-mathematical-games/10%20Wheels%2C%20Life%2C%20and%20Other%20Mathematical%20Amusements
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ISBN: '0716715880'

src/games/dots-and-boxes/dots-and-boxes.md

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<span class="aka">Dots and Boxes</span> is also referred to as simply “<span class="aka">Dots</span>”, “<span class="aka">Boxes</span>”, or “<span class="aka">Dot-Boxes</span>”.[@LondonStreetGames p. 134]
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<span class="aka">Dots and Boxes</span> is also referred to as simply “<span class="aka">Dots</span>”, “<span class="aka">Boxes</span>”, or “<span class="aka">Dot-Boxes</span>”.[@LondonStreetGames p. 134] Sometimes it is also called <span class="aka">Dots and Squares</span>.[@KnottedDoughnuts 232]
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This well-known game was invented in 1889 by the French mathematician <a lang="fr" class="noun" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Lucas">Édouard Lucas</a>, and was at first named <span lang="fr" class="aka">La Pipopipette</span>.
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src/games/tic-tac-toe/tic-tac-toe.md

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Some general references for the game are @OxfordBG [112–3], @Bell [vol. 1, p. 91], and
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@Murray2 [§3.2.1, p. 40].
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Gardner has further discussion on variants in @WheelsLife [94–105].

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