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Another backgammon puzzle

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Tuesday, 5 March 2013, at 6:45 p.m.

In Response To: Another backgammon puzzle (Mochy)

Curt McMullen was the first person to prove that backgammon ends with probability 1. He posted his proof on r.g.b in 1994, which you can read here:

www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+1423

[Note how Bob Koca was involved in that discovery!]

Doug Zare wrote about McMullen's proof in this article from 2000:

www.bkgm.com/articles/Zare/BackgammonEnds.html

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