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origin of effective pip count terminology

Posted By: higonefive
Date: Friday, 3 December 2010, at 10:06 p.m.

In Response To: origin of effective pip count terminology (Bob Koca)

Have you googled? http://www.bkgm.com/articles/EffectivePipCount/ Walter Trice wrote there: "When I encountered these numbers 11 years ago, the first thing I had to do was pop my eyeballs back into their sockets. Then I went to work on an algebraic formula for the sequence, including the "error" term. I sent it off to Danny Kleinman, whom I figured was the only other person on the planet who would find the thing as fascinating as I did. Danny worked out a simpler derivation than mine and wrote it up in an article ("Walter's Wonderful Formula") that he included in his next book (... But Only The Hogs Win Backgammons)." I don't know for sure, but that might opens the case.

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• origin of effective pip count terminology
  Bob Koca -- Friday, 3 December 2010, at 8:41 p.m.
  • origin of effective pip count terminology
    svilo -- Friday, 3 December 2010, at 10:05 p.m.
    • origin of effective pip count terminology
      higonefive -- Friday, 3 December 2010, at 10:16 p.m.
  • origin of effective pip count terminology
    higonefive -- Friday, 3 December 2010, at 10:06 p.m.
    • origin of effective pip count terminology
      Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 4 December 2010, at 1:17 a.m.